1915 Kentucky Derby
Regret and owner Harry Payne Whitney
The 1915 Kentucky Derby was the 41st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1915.[1] Horses Kilkenny Boy, Phosphor, and Commonada scratched before the race.[2] Regret, the first filly to ever win the Derby, generated significant publicity for the race, causing Churchill Downs president Matt Winn to observe that because of Regret's win "the Derby was thus made an American institution."[3]
Full results
| Finished |
Post |
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time / behind |
| 1st |
2 |
Regret |
Joe Notter |
James Rowe, Sr. |
Harry Payne Whitney |
2:05.40 |
| 2nd |
3 |
Pebbles |
Charles Borel |
|
J. Butler |
2 |
| 3rd |
8 |
Sharpshooter |
J. Butwell |
|
S.L. Parsons |
2 |
| 4th |
10 |
Royal II |
A. Neylon |
|
J. Livingston |
1 |
| 5th |
5 |
Emerson Cochran |
W. Taylor |
|
R.L. Baker |
3 |
| 6th |
11 |
Leo Ray |
T. McTaggart |
|
J.T. Looney |
1/2 |
| 7th |
13 |
Double Eagle |
C. Burlingame |
|
J.F. Johnson |
1-1/2 |
| 8th |
1 |
Dortch |
A. Mott |
|
W.W. Darden |
4 |
| 9th |
4 |
For Fair |
W. Warrington |
|
G.M. Miller |
5 |
| 10th |
7 |
Ed Crump |
R. Goose |
|
J.W. Schorr |
1/2 |
| 11th |
12 |
Little String |
E. Pool |
|
M.B. Gruber |
Head |
| 12th |
6 |
Goldcrest Boy |
J. Kederis |
|
J.W. Schorr |
1-1/2 |
| 13th |
16 |
Uncle Bryn |
J. McTaggart |
|
Mrs. R.W. Walden |
2 |
| 14th |
15 |
Tetan |
J. Smyth |
|
Johnson & Crosthwaite |
2 |
| 15th |
9 |
Norse King |
W. O'Brien |
|
F.B. Lemaire |
2 |
| 16th |
14 |
Booker Bill |
W. Andress |
|
M.C. Moore |
4 |
Payout
| Post |
Horse |
Win |
Place |
Show |
| 2 |
Regret |
$ 7.30 |
4.00 |
3.60 |
| 3 |
Pebbles |
|
7.60 |
4.80 |
| 8 |
Sharpshooter |
|
|
7.10 |
- The winner received a purse of $11,450.
- Second place received $2,000.
- Third place received $1,000.
- Fourth place received $225.[2]
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