Kentucky Derby Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the official name of the Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
The Run for the Roses
2.
In what city is the Kentucky Derby held?
Answer:
Louisville, Kentucky
3.
What is the distance of the Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
1 1/4 miles (1.25 miles)
4.
What is the track surface at Churchill Downs?
Answer:
Dirt
5.
What is the traditional color of the jockey silks worn by the winning jockey?
Answer:
Red
6.
What is the name of the famous horse who won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875?
Answer:
Aristides
7.
What is the name of the only filly to win the Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
Winning Colors (1988)
8.
What is the name of the horse who broke the track record for the Kentucky Derby in 1973?
Answer:
Secretariat
9.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2023?
Answer:
Mage
10.
What is the name of the most recent horse to win the Triple Crown?
Answer:
Justify (2018)
11.
What is the name of the trainer who has won the Kentucky Derby the most times?
Answer:
Ben Jones (with 4 wins)
12.
What is the name of the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
Diane Crump (1970)
13.
How many horses typically start in the Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
20 horses
14.
What is the name of the famous racehorse who finished second in the 1987 Kentucky Derby despite having a broken foot?
Answer:
Affirmed
15.
What is the name of the horse who set the highest price ever paid for a yearling at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale?
Answer:
Fusaichi Pegasus
16.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1997 and was later found to have been administered a banned substance?
Answer:
Silver Charm
17.
What is the name of the horse who wore a horseshoe on his left hind hoof and won the Kentucky Derby in 1979?
Answer:
Spectacular Bid
18.
What is the name of the filly who finished second in the 1972 Kentucky Derby?
Answer:
Secretariat
19.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1970 and was later euthanized after developing colic?
Answer:
Phar Lap
20.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1999 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Charismatic
21.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2007 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Street Sense
22.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2010 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Animal Kingdom
23.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2015 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
American Pharoah
24.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2017 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Always Dreaming
25.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2019 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Country House
26.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2021 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Medina Spirit
27.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2022 and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance?
Answer:
Rich Strike
28.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1946 and was the first horse to win the race wearing blinkers?
Answer:
Assault
29.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1967 and was later used as a breeding stallion?
Answer:
Caution
30.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1978 and was later inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame?
Answer:
Affirmed
31.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1982 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Gato Del Sol
32.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1986 and was later sold to a farm in Japan?
Answer:
Ferdinand
33.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1990 and was later retired to a farm in California?
Answer:
Unbridled
34.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1992 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Arabian Knight
35.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1994 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Go For Gin
36.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1996 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Grindstone
37.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1998 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Victory Gallop
38.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2000 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Fusaichi Pegasus
39.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2002 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
War Emblem
40.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2004 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Smarty Jones
41.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Barbaro
42.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2008 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Big Brown
43.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2011 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Animal Kingdom
44.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2013 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Orb
45.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2014 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
California Chrome
46.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2016 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Nyquist
47.
What is the name of the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2018 and was later retired to a farm in Kentucky?
Answer:
Justify
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