1915 Kentucky Derby

41st Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Regret and owner Harry Payne Whitney
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	May 8, 1915
Winning horse	Regret
Jockey	Joe Notter
Surface	Dirt
← 1914 1916 →

The 1915 Kentucky Derby was the 41st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1915.^[1] Horses Kilkenny Boy, Phosphor, and Commonada scratched before the race.^[2] Regret, the first filly to ever win the Derby, generated significant publicity for the race, causing Churchill Downs president Matt Winn to observe that because of Regret's win "the Derby was thus made an American institution."^[3]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st	2	Regret	Joe Notter	James Rowe, Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	2:05.40
2nd	3	Pebbles	Charles Borel		J. Butler	2
3rd	8	Sharpshooter	J. Butwell		S.L. Parsons	2
4th	10	Royal II	A. Neylon		J. Livingston	1
5th	5	Emerson Cochran	W. Taylor		R.L. Baker	3
6th	11	Leo Ray	T. McTaggart		J.T. Looney	1/2
7th	13	Double Eagle	C. Burlingame		J.F. Johnson	1-1/2
8th	1	Dortch	A. Mott		W.W. Darden	4
9th	4	For Fair	W. Warrington		G.M. Miller	5
10th	7	Ed Crump	R. Goose		J.W. Schorr	1/2
11th	12	Little String	E. Pool		M.B. Gruber	Head
12th	6	Goldcrest Boy	J. Kederis		J.W. Schorr	1-1/2
13th	16	Uncle Bryn	J. McTaggart		Mrs. R.W. Walden	2
14th	15	Tetan	J. Smyth		Johnson & Crosthwaite	2
15th	9	Norse King	W. O'Brien		F.B. Lemaire	2
16th	14	Booker Bill	W. Andress		M.C. Moore	4

Payout

Post	Horse	Win	Place	Show
2	Regret	$ 7.30	4.00	3.60
3	Pebbles		7.60	4.80
8	Sharpshooter			7.10

The winner received a purse of $11,450.
Second place received $2,000.
Third place received $1,000.
Fourth place received $225.^[2]

References

↑ Kentucky Derby History, 1915
1 2 1915 Kentucky Derby Results Tables
↑ Bolus, Jim. Kentucky Derby Stories. Pelican Publishing Company. Gretna, LA, 1993, p. 74

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