1876 Kentucky Derby
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The 1876 Kentucky Derby was the 2nd running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 15, 1876. Winning horse Vagrant
ran carrying only 97 pounds, one of the lightest loads carried by a winner in Derby history.
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. The race took place on May 15, 1876. Winning horse Vagrant
Vagrant (horse)
Vagrant, was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for his 1876 Kentucky Derby win. Vagrant was the first of nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and was a white-stockinged bay colt sired by Virgil out of the mare Lazy . Virgil was notable for breeding successful nineteenth...
ran carrying only 97 pounds, one of the lightest loads carried by a winner in Derby history.
Full results
| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
| 1st | Vagrant Vagrant (horse) Vagrant, was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for his 1876 Kentucky Derby win. Vagrant was the first of nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and was a white-stockinged bay colt sired by Virgil out of the mare Lazy . Virgil was notable for breeding successful nineteenth... |
Bobby Swim | James Williams | William Backhouse Astor, Jr. William Backhouse Astor, Jr. William Backhouse Astor, Jr. was a businessman and a member of the prominent Astor family.He was the ancestor of the U.S. branch of the Astor family, which came to an end in the male line at the end of the 20th century.... |
2:38.25 | |
| 2nd | Creedmore | D. Williams | Williams & Owings | |||
| 3rd | Harry Hill | J. Miller | John Funk | |||
| 4th | Parole Parole (horse) Parole was a Thoroughbred race horse bred by Pierre Lorillard, a scion of the tobacco family. Lorillard and his brother George were both horsemen and competed throughout their careers... |
P. Sparling | Pierre Lorillard IV Pierre Lorillard IV Pierre Lorillard IV was an American tobacco manufacturer and thoroughbred race horse owner.-Biography:... |
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| 5th | Germantown | W. Graham | F.B. Harper | |||
| 6th | Lizzie Stone | W. James | F.B. Harper | |||
| 7th | Marie Michon | Stradford | J.A. Grinstead | |||
| 8th | Bombay | William Walker William Walker (jockey) William "Billy" Walker was an African American jockey.Born a slave in near Versailles, Kentucky, Billy Walker was the leading rider at Churchill Downs in the fall racing season of 1875-76 and the spring campaigns of 1876 through 1878... |
Dan Swigert | |||
| 9th | Red Coat | L. Hughes | Green Clay | |||
| 10th | Leamingtonian | R. Colston | H.F. Vissman | |||
| 11th | Bullion | M. Kelso | A. Keene Richards |