Kentucky Derby: The First 100 Years Quiz

Answer: Halma and Alan-a-Dale

Man O' War did not run in the Kentucky Derby, but his son Clyde Can Dusen won in 1929. McGee likewise never ran in the Derby, but his famous son Exterminator won in 1918. Bold Ruler ran in the 1957 Derby but came in 4th; his famous son Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973.

Answer: 3

Bull Lea was the sire of 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, the 1952 Derby winner Hill Gail and the 1957 Derby winner Iron Liege.

Answer: Reigh Count

Reigh Count is the sire of Count Fleet, the 1943 Triple Crown winner. Count Fleet is the sire of the 1951 Derby winner, Count Turf. Paul Jones and Exterminator are both geldings.

Answer: Pensive

Pensive, the 1944 Derby winner, sired Ponder the 1949 Derby winner. Both of these horses died young. Ponder sired Needles, the 1956 Derby winner.

Answer: 5

E.R. Bradley of Idle Hour Farms bred Behave Yourself (1921), Black Gold (1924), Bubbling Over (1926),Burgoo King (1932) and Brokers Tip (1933).

Answer: True

Gallant Fox, the 1930 Triple Crown winner, sired the 1935 Triple Crown Winner Omaha.

Answer: True

Forward Pass, the 1968 second runner up, was placed first after the disqualification of Dancer's Image.

Answer: Native Dancer

Native Dancer lost by a head in the 1953 Derby. His son Kauai King won the 1966 Derby, and his son Dancer's Image, who was disqualified for a then illegal drug in his system, won in 1968. His grandson Norther Dancer won the Derby in 1964 and his grandson Majestic Prince won the Derby in 1969.

Answer: Plaudit

Plaudit is the half brother of Hastings. Hastings was the sire of Fair Play, and Fair Play was the sire of Man O' War. Plaudit is also found in a lot of quarter horse bloodlines.

Answer: Secretariat

Secretariat won the Derby in 1:59 2/5. Northern Dancer was the first horse to win the Derby at 2 minutes even.

Answer: 9

The nine winners are: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), and Secretariat (1973).

Answer: Falsetto, Virgil, Sir Gallahad III, and Bull Lea

Falsetto sired Chant (1894), His Eminence (1901), and Sir Huon (1906). Virgil sired Vagrant (1876), Hindoo (1881), and Ben Ali (1886). Sir Gallahad III sired Gallant Fox (1930), Gallahadion (1940), and Hoop Jr. (1945). Bull Lea sired Citation (1948), Hill Gail (1952), and Iron Liege (1957).

Answer: Iron Liege

Lawrin won the Derby a year after War Admiral did. Elwood and Donerail both won the Derby before War Admiral was even born.

Iron Liege (by Bull Lea out of the mare Iron Maiden) won the 1957 Kentucky Derby. Iron Maiden was a daughter of War Admiral.

Answer: Worth

Worth won the 1912 Derby, and he broke his leg in a race in the fall of his 3 year old career. They tried to save him, but it couldn't be done. Lookout flipped over and died after breaking his back as a 6 year old. Vagrant lived a long life but had a sad ending. He was pulling a cart in Lexington during his twilight years. Hindoo lived a long and productive life.

Answer: Swaps

Swaps, the chestnut colt from California, won the '55 Derby, but lost his match race to Nashua later in the year. Regret, the first filly to the win the Derby in 1915, had long since passed away. Native Dancer came in second in the '53 Derby. Needles won the '56 Derby.

Answer: St. Louis, Missouri

Aristides, the first Derby winner, is buried in the fairground of the old St. Louis World's Fair. There is no marker for him in Forest Park.

Answer: Broker's Tip

Broker's Tip's only win was the Derby in 1933. Exterminator won 50 of his 100 races. Native Dancer only lost one race in 22 races. That was the '53 Derby to Dark Star by a head. Count Fleet was never out of the money in any of his races.

Answer: Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack

Eddie Arcaro won the Derby on Lawrin (1938), Whirlaway (1941 and TC winner), Hoop Jr. (1945), Citation (1948 and TC winner) and Hill Gail (1952). Bill Hartack won the Derby on Iron Liege (1957), Venetian Way (1960), Decidedly (1962), Northern Dancer (1964) and Majestic Prince (1969).

Answer: True

Shoemaker misjudged the finish line and stood up in the irons on Gallant Man. Gallant Man came in 2nd. Also, Gallant Man's owner had a dream that Shoemaker would misjudge the finish line.

Answer: Upset

Paul Jones won the 1920 Derby. Although Upset came in 2nd, he became the only horse to ever beat Man O' War. On Watch came in 3rd, and Damask came in 4th.

Answer: 8

Calumet Farms owned and bred Whirlaway (1941 and TC winner), Pensive (1944), Citation (1948 and TC winner), Ponder (1949), Hill Gail (1952), Iron Liege (1957), Tim Tam (1958) and Forward Pass (1968).

Answer: He broke down

In the final yards of the Belmont it looked like Tim Tam would win Calumet Farm a 3rd Triple Crown, but sadly, he broke down. He was saved for stud duty. He passed away in 1982 due to a heart attack at the age of 27.

Answer: 7

The seven geldings to win were Vagrant (1876), Apollo (1882), Macbeth (1888), Old Rosebud (1914), Exterminator (1918), Paul Jones (1920), and Clyde Van Dusen (1929). Funny Cide is the most recent gelding to win the Derby in 2003.

Answer: Bold Venture, Assault, and Middleground

Bold Venture won the 1936 Derby. Bold Venture also sired Assault, the 1946 Triple Crown winner, and Middleground, the 1950 Derby winner. Bold Venture was also listed as a gelding on the Derby program, just as Paul Jones was listed as a colt on the 1920 Derby program. Paul Jones was a gelding.

Answer: Elwood

Elwood, the 1906 Derby winner, was foaled in Missouri. Lawrin was foaled in Kansas. Assault was foaled in Texas. Dust Commander was foaled in Illinois.