1970 Kentucky Derby

The 1970 Kentucky Derby was the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1970.^[1]^[2]

The race is most notable in American popular culture as the setting for "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved", an article written for Scanlan's Monthly by Hunter S. Thompson that would later be identified as the first instance of gonzo journalism.

Full results

Finished	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1st	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello	Don Combs	Robert E. Lehmann
2nd	My Dad George	Ray Broussard	Frank J. McManus	Raymond M. Curtis
3rd	High Echelon	Larry Adams	John W. Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs
4th	Naskra	Braulio Baeza	Philip G. Johnson	Her-Jac Stable
5th	Silent Screen	John L. Rotz	J. Bowes Bond	Elberon Farm
6th	Admiral's Shield	Jim Nichols	Harvey L. Vanier	W. C. Robinson, Jr.
7th	Corn off the Cob	Angel Cordero Jr.	Arnold N. Winick	Fence Post Farm
8th	Personality	Eddie Belmonte	John W. Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs
9th	Native Royalty	Ismael Valenzuela	John T. Davis	Happy Valley Farm
10th	Robin's Bug	Leroy Moyers	Tracey Bougon	W. J. Hickey-R. F. Kuhn
11th	Terlago	Bill Shoemaker	Jerry M. Fanning	S. J. Agnew
12th	Dr. Behrman	Charles Baltazar	James P. Conway	Lin-Drake Farm
13th	Action Getter	Mike Venezia	B. G. Dunhm	E. V. Benjamin-J. Jones, Jr.
14th	George Lewis	Bill Hartack	Buster Millerick	Mr.-Mrs. A. Magerman
15th	Fathom	Diane Crump	Don H. Divine	W. L. L. Brown
16th	Holy Land	Hector Pilar	John Weiport	S. Carson-I. Apple
17th	Rancho Lejos	H. Campas	C. R. Knight	Mrs. J. S. Dean, Jr.

↑ "Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Remembering 1970 winner Dust Commander". Courier-journal.com. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
↑ "1970". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

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