Just for fun!  Test your knowledge with the Derby dozen.

1. Of the Derby winners, this horse was the longest shot and, just 4 days before the Derby victory, finished fifth in a 1, 1/4 mile handicap.  Name this Derby winner.

2. Native Dancer only lost one race in his career, which was the 1953 Kentucky Derby.  Name the horse that was the winner.

3.  Northern Dancer was the victor in the Derby of 1964.  How many horses ran that year?

4. There have been 6 Florida bred winners of the Kentucky Derby.  Among them are Carry Back, Foolish Pleasure, Affirmed, Unbridled, and Silver Charm.  Who was the other Florida bred?

5.  Only one of four jockeys to win back to back Derbys, this rider piloted both His Eminence in 1901 and Alan-a-Dale in 1902 to victory.  Who was he?

6.  The wire to wire, 2 length winner of the 1915 Derby was one of three winners of this kind.  Can you name the 1915 Kentucky Derby winner?

7.  Of this distinguished group of three, who were the other two, one a winner in 1980 and the other in 1988?

8.  The 1918 long shot winner of the Kentucky Derby was a hard working gelding known by the nickname of "Old Bones" and was the subject of a highly regarded book by Marguerite Henry.  Who was he?

9.  What owner had back to back winners in both 1948 and 1949, and again in 1957 and 1958?

10.  Four horses hold the honor of wins by the longest margin.  The horses are Assault, Whirlaway, Johnstown, and Old Rosebud.  By how many lengths did they claim the victory?

11.  From 1875 through 1895, what was the original distance of the Kentucky Derby?

12.  The fastest time recorded for the Derby was 1: 59, 2/5  by Secretariat in 1973.  The slowest time on record at the current distance was 2:15, 1/5 and belonged to what horse?