The 1896 Kentucky Derby was the 22nd running of the

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-yea ...

. The race took place on May 6, 1896. This was the first Derby held at the current distance of . Accordingly, the winning horse, Ben Brush, set the then-current Derby record at that distance with a time of 2:07.75.

Full results

*Winning breeder:

Runnymede Farm Runnymede Farm is an American horse breeding farm located outside Paris, Kentucky on U.S. Route 27, the Paris-Cynthiana Road. It is said to be the longest continuously running Thoroughbred horse farm in Kentucky, established in 1867 by American ...

(KY)

Payout

* The winner received a purse of $4,850. * Second place received $700. * Third place received $300.

References

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...

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