1876 Kentucky Derby

{{short description|2nd running of the Kentucky Derby}}

{{Infobox horse race

| name = 2nd Kentucky Derby

| class = stakes race

| horse race = Kentucky Derby

| image = Vagrant (horse).jpeg

| caption = 1876 Kentucky Derby winner Vagrant in an 1877 drawing by T.J. Scott

| location = Churchill Downs

| date = May 15, 1876

| distance =

| winning horse = Vagrant

| winning time =

| final odds =

| winning jockey = Bobby Swim

| winning trainer = James Williams

| winning owner = William Backhouse Astor Jr.

| conditions =

| surface = Dirt

| attendance =

| previous = 1875

| next = 1877

}}

The 1876 Kentucky Derby was the 2nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 15, 1876.[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1876 Kentucky Derby History, 1876] Winning horse Vagrant ran carrying only 97 pounds, one of the lightest loads carried by a winner in Derby history.[http://www.racingmuseum.org/education/nrm-education.asp?varPage=26 Tom Gilcoyne. Ask the Historian, Spring 1997 Vol. 3 No. 2. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.]