1884 Kentucky Derby
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The 1884 Kentucky Derby was the 10th running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 16, 1884.
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 16, 1884.
Full results
| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
| 1st | Buchanan Buchanan (horse) Buchanan was an American thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1884 Kentucky Derby, Ripple Stakes and Clark Stakes. Buchanan had not achieved a race win before competing in the Kentucky Derby and by contemporary accounts was a difficult and unruly mount... |
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:... |
William Bird | Cottrill & Brown | 2:40.25 | |
| 2nd | Loftin | T. Sayers | R.A. Johnson & Co. | |||
| 3rd | Audrain | C. Fishburn | T.J. Megibben | |||
| 4th | Bob Miles | Jim McLaughlin Jim McLaughlin James "Jim" McLaughlin was an American thoroughbred race horse jockey.Orphaned and homeless in his early teens, McLaughlin was taken in by horse trainer William Daly who taught him how to ride. While individual statistics from all of McLaughlin's career races aren't documented, McLaughlin began... |
J.T. Williams | |||
| 5th | Bob Cook | E. Gorham | R.M. McClelland | |||
| 6th | Boreas | O'Brien | R.M. McClelland | |||
| 7th | Admiral | C. Taylor | Clay & Woodford | |||
| 8th | Exploit | W. Conkling | Wooding & Puryear | |||
| 9th | Powhattan III | D. Williams | R.A. Johnson & Co. |
Payout
| Post | Horse | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | $ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 20.60 |
- The winner received a purse of $3,990.
- Second place received $200.