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1945 Kentucky Derby

Index 1945 Kentucky Derby

The 1945 Kentucky Derby was the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby. [1]

19 relations: Albert Snider, Arnold Kirkland, Ben A. Jones, Calumet Farm, Churchill Downs, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Douglas Dodson, Eddie Arcaro, Fred W. Hooper, George Woolf, Graded stakes race, Hoop Jr., Ivan H. Parke, James W. Smith, Kentucky Derby, Pot O'Luck, T. J. Healey, 1944 Kentucky Derby, 1946 Kentucky Derby.

Albert Snider

Albert Snider (October 22, 1921March 5, 1948) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Arnold Kirkland

Arnold Kirkland (November 11, 1921 - March 15, 1969) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Ben A. Jones

Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company.

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Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt "C.V." ("Sonny") Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, writer, philanthropist, polo player, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.

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Douglas Dodson

Douglas Allan Dodson (December 21, 1921 - February, 1982) was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Eddie Arcaro

George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice.

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Fred W. Hooper

Fred William Hooper (October 6, 1897 – August 4, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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George Woolf

George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed "The Iceman", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey.

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Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States or Canada that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

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Hoop Jr.

Hoop Jr. (March 15, 1942 – November 19, 1964) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Kentucky Derby in 1945.

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Ivan H. Parke

Ivan H. Parke (November 1, 1908 – January 20, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and trainer who won more races than any other jockey in the United States in 1923, as an apprentice, and again in 1924 when he also was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings.

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James W. Smith

James W. "Jimmy" Smith (born c. 1905) was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Pot O'Luck

Pot O'Luck (1942) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by the renowned Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky.

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T. J. Healey

Thomas J. Healey (c.1866 - October 8, 1944) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.

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1944 Kentucky Derby

The 1944 Kentucky Derby was the 70th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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1946 Kentucky Derby

The 1946 Kentucky Derby was the 72nd running of the Kentucky Derby.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Kentucky_Derby

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