1884 Kentucky Derby Explained

10th Kentucky Derby
Class:	Grade I stakes race
Horse Race:	Kentucky Derby
Location:	Churchill Downs
Date:	May 16, 1884
Winning Horse:	Buchanan
Winning Jockey:	Isaac Burns Murphy
Winning Trainer:	William Bird
Winning Owner:	William Cottrill
Surface:	Dirt
Previous:	1883
Next:	1885

The 1884 Kentucky Derby was the 10th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1884.^[1]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st		Buchanan	Isaac Murphy		Samuel S. Brown & William Cottrill	2:40.25
2nd		Loftin	Thomas Sayers		R. A. Johnson & Co.
3rd		Audrain	C. Richard Fishburn		Thomas Jefferson Megibben
4th		Bob Miles	Jim McLaughlin		James T. Williams
5th		Bob Cook	E. Gorham		R. M. McClelland
6th		Boreas	O'Brien		R. M. McClelland
7th		Admiral	C. Taylor		Clay & Woodford partnership
8th		Exploit	W. Conkling		Wooding & Puryear
9th		Powhattan III	Dow Williams		R.A. Johnson & Co.

Payout

• The winner received a purse of $3,990.
• Second place received $200.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1884 Kentucky Derby History, 1884
2. Web site: 1884 Kentucky Derby Results Tables . 2010-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723051748/http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1884.pdf . 2011-07-23 . dead .