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1917 Kentucky Derby

43rd Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Omar Khayyam (horse).jpg
1917 Kentucky Derby winner Omar Khayyam
Location Churchill Downs
Date May 12, 1917
Winning horse Omar Khayyam
Jockey Charles B. Borel
Surface Dirt
1916
1918

The 1917 Kentucky Derby was the 43rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 12, 1917. Horses Penrod, Diamond, and Sol Gilsey scratched before the race. Winner Omar Khayyam, foaled in England, was the first foreign bred horse to win the Derby.


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