1940 Kentucky Derby

The 1940 Kentucky Derby was the 66th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 4, 1940.^[1]^[2]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st	1	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman	Roy Waldron	Milky Way Farm Stable	2:05 0/0
2nd	2	Bimelech	Fred A. Smith	William A. Hurley	Edward R. Bradley
3rd	7	Dit	Leon Haas	Max Hirsch	W. Arnold Hanger
4th	3	Mioland	Lester Balaski	R. Thomas Smith	Charles S. Howard
5th	6	Sirocco	Johnny Longden	James W. Smith	Dixiana Stable
6th	5	Roman	Kenneth McCombs	Daniel Stewart	Joseph E. Widener
7th	8	Royal Man	John Gilbert	Moody Jolley	Tower Stable
8th	9	Pictor	George Woolf	Louis Schaefer	William L. Brann

^ "Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Gallahadion, 1940". Courier-journal.com. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
^ "1940". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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