Surface: | Dirt |
53rd Kentucky Derby | |
Horse Race: | Kentucky Derby |
Location: | Churchill Downs |
Winning Horse: | Whiskery |
Winning Jockey: | Linus McAtee |
Winning Trainer: | Fred Hopkins |
Winning Owner: | Harry Payne Whitney |
Conditions: | Slow |
Previous: | 1926 |
Next: | 1928 |
The 1927 Kentucky Derby was the 53rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 14, 1927.[1] [2] Whiskery was the winner after defeating Osmand by a nose in the stretch.[3]
Program Number | Horse Name | Win | Place | Show | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Whiskery | $6.80 | $3.80 | $3.40 | |
12 | Osmand | – | $6.40 | $5.80 | |
1 | Jock | – | – | $14.20 |
Position | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Final Odds | Stake |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Whiskery | Linus McAtee | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney | 2.40 | $51,000 |
2 | 10 | Osmand | Earl Sande | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener | 6.90 | $6,000 |
3 | 1 | Jock | Chick Lang | John F. Schorr | Edward Beale McLean | 37.80 | $3,000 |
4 | 5 | Hydromel | Willie Garner | Daniel E. Stewart | Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | 16.00 | $1,000 |
5 | 12 | Bostonian | Whitey Abel | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney | 2.40 | |
6 | 4 | Buddy Bauer | Goldie Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 15.40 | |
7 | 2 | Royal Julian | Walter Lilley | Lon Johnson | W. H. Whitehouse | 14.70 | |
8 | 13 | Fred Jr. | Nicholas Burger | Frank A. Stevens | S. W. Grant | 18.30 | |
9 | 15 | Scapa Flow | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 7.00 | ||
10 | 6 | Black Panther | Louis Schaefer | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 14.70 | |
11 | 8 | Kiev | Mack Garner | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener | 6.90 | |
12 | 3 | Rolled Stocking | William Pool | Charles C. Van Meter | James W. Parrish | 4.70 | |
13 | 11 | Rip Rap | Steve O'Donnell | Max Hirsch | Sage Stable | 11.60 | |
14 | 9 | Bewithus | Albert Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 15.40 | |
15 | 14 | War Eagle | Eddie Ambrose | John F. Schorr | Edward Beale McLean | 37.80 | |