1904 Kentucky Derby

{{short description|30th running of the Kentucky Derby}}

{{Infobox horse race

| name = 30th Kentucky Derby

| class = Stakes race

| horse race = Kentucky Derby

| image = Elwood 1904.jpg

| caption = 1904 Kentucky Derby winner Elwood

| location = Churchill Downs

| date = May 2, 1904

| distance =

| winning horse = Elwood

| winning time =

| final odds =

| winning jockey = Shorty Prior

| winning trainer = Charles E. Durnell

| winning owner = Lasca Durnell

| conditions =

| surface = Dirt

| attendance =

| previous = 1903

| next = 1905

}}

The 1904 Kentucky Derby was the 30th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1904.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1904|title=1904 Kentucky Derby|website=www.kentuckyderby.com|access-date=2017-07-18}} This year in Derby history is notable for several important firsts. Elwood, the winning horse, was owned by Lasca Durnell which marked the first time a female owner won the Derby.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1934050501/drf1934050501_2_7 |title=Women Have Won Derby |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1934-05-05 |access-date=2020-02-08}} The winner was bred by Emma Holt Prather of Faustiana Stock Farm in Nodaway County, Missouri and was the first time a Derby winner was bred by a woman.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFwjEbstL58C&dq=%22Prather%22%2C+%22Faustiana%22&pg=PT52 |title=Images of America - Nodaway County |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=2008-06-23 |isbn=9781439635155 |access-date=2020-03-15}} In addition, Elwood was the first winner bred in the state of Missouri and through 2020 no other winner has been bred in that state.