1879 Kentucky Derby
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The 1879 Kentucky Derby was the 5th running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 20, 1879. The winning horse Lord Murphy
set a new Derby record with a winning time of 2:37.00.
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 20, 1879. The winning horse Lord Murphy
Lord Murphy
Lord Murphy was an American thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Tennessee and is best known for winning the 1879 Kentucky Derby. He was originally named Patmus and was a grandson of Lexington. He descended from the Byerly Turk....
set a new Derby record with a winning time of 2:37.00.
Full results
| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
| 1st | Lord Murphy Lord Murphy Lord Murphy was an American thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Tennessee and is best known for winning the 1879 Kentucky Derby. He was originally named Patmus and was a grandson of Lexington. He descended from the Byerly Turk.... |
Charlie Shauer | George Rice | Geo. W. Darden & Co. | 2:37.00 | |
| 2nd | Falsetto Falsetto (horse) Falsetto was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and outstanding sire. Bred and raced by J. W. Hunt Reynolds of Lexington, Kentucky, his dam was Farfaletta and his sire was General Abe Buford's very good runner, Enquirer.... |
Isaac Murphy Isaac Burns Murphy Isaac Burns Murphy was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history. Murphy won three Kentucky Derbies.-Early life:... |
J.W.H. Reynolds | |||
| 3rd | Strathmore | Hightower | George Cadwallader | |||
| 4th | Trinidad | A. Allen | Dan Swigert | |||
| 5th | One Dime | L. Jones | G.W. Bowen & Co. | |||
| 6th | General Pike | J. Stovall | Gen. Abe Buford Abraham Buford II Brigadier General Abraham "Abe" Buford II was a soldier and Thoroughbred horse breeder. Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, his origins were a Huguenot family named Beaufort who fled persecution in France and settled in England before emigrating to America in 1635.Abraham Buford was the son of... |
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| 7th | Ada Glenn | Ramey | G.D. Wilson | |||
| 8th | Buckner | D. Edwards | H.W. Farris | |||
| 9th | Wissahickon | L. Hawkins | H.P. McGrath |