1945 Kentucky Derby

71st Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	June 9, 1945
Winning horse	Hoop Jr.
Jockey	Eddie Arcaro
Trainer	Ivan H. Parke
Owner	Fred W. Hooper
Surface	Dirt
	← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 Kentucky Derby was the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby, held on June 9, 1945.^[1] It was won by Hoop Jr., ridden by jockey Eddie Arcaro.^[2]

Regularly held on the first Saturday of May, the 1945 edition of the Kentucky Derby was initially scheduled for May 5. However, in December 1944, the director of the Office of War Mobilization, James F. Byrnes, requested that all horse racing tracks suspend racing starting in January 1945, "and to refrain from resuming racing at all tracks until war conditions permit."^[3] Days after V-E Day, Byrne's successor at the Office of War Mobilization, Fred M. Vinson, lifted the suspension on horse racing in an announcement on May 10.^[3] The Kentucky Derby was subsequently scheduled for June 9, with the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to follow on June 16 and June 23, respectively.^[3]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st	2	Hoop Jr.	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	2:07 0/0
2nd	7	Pot O'Luck	Douglas Dodson	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm
3rd	9	Darby Dieppe	Melvin Calvert	Charles Gentry	Mrs. W. Graham Lewis
4th	5	Air Sailor	Leon Haas	Alexis G. Wilson	Theodore D. Buhl
5th	3	Jeep	Arnold Kirkland	Lydell T. Ruff	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
6th	10	Bymeabond	Fred A. Smith	William B. Stucki	J. Kel Houssels
7th	12	Sea Swallow	George Woolf	Joseph H. Stotler	Charles S. Howard
8th	8	Fighting Step	George South	Charles C. Norman	Murlogg Farm
9th	6	Burning Dream	Albert Snider	James W. Smith	Edward R. Bradley
10th	1	Alexis	Kenneth Scawthorn	John A. Healey	Christiana Stable
11th	4	Foreign Agent	Kempton Knott	George E. Lewis	Lookout Stock Farm
12th	11	Misweet	Arthur Craig	Leo O'Donnel	Arthur Rose
13th	13	Tiger Rebel	J. Raymond Layton	John M. Goode	Brent & Talbot
14th	15	Bert G.	Robert Summers	C. P. Rose	Tom L. Graham
15th	14	Jacobe	Herb Lindberg	Francis J. Scoot	A. R. Wright
16th	16	Kenilworth Lad	Frederick Weidaman	C. P. Rose	Tom L. Graham

Winning breeder: Robert A. Fairbairn (KY)

References

^ "Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | Hoop Jr., 1945". Courier-journal.com. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
^ "1945". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hanson, Vance (March 19, 2020). "1945 – When the Kentucky Derby moved from May to June". twinspires.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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[1] "Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | Hoop Jr., 1945". Courier-journal.com. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

[2] "1945". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

[Twin-3] Hanson, Vance (March 19, 2020). "1945 – When the Kentucky Derby moved from May to June". twinspires.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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