1928 Kentucky Derby

{{short description|54th running of the Kentucky Derby}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox horse race

|surface = Dirt

|name = 54th Kentucky Derby

|image=

|caption=

|horse race=Kentucky Derby

|location=Churchill Downs

|date={{Start date|1928|05|19}}

|winning horse= Reigh Count

|winning jockey= Chick Lang

|winning trainer= Bert S. Michell

|winning owner= Fannie Hertz

|conditions= Heavy

|previous = 1927

|next = 1929

}}

The 1928 Kentucky Derby was the 54th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 19, 1928.[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1928 Kentucky Derby History, 1928]{{Cite web |url=http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1928.pdf |title=1928 Kentucky Derby Results Tables |access-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232156/http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1928.pdf |archive-date=April 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Payout

;The Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

width="48px" | Program
Number

! width="110px" | Horse Name

! width="58px" | Win

! width="58px" | Place

! width="58px" | Show

align=center|4

| align=center|$6.12

| align=center|$5.78

| align=center|$3.98

align=center|1

| Misstep

| align=center| –

| align=center|$8.28

| align=center|$5.90

align=center|7

| Toro

| align=center| –

| align=center| –

| align=center|$3.76

Field

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! scope="col"| Position

! scope="col"| Post

! scope="col"| Horse

! scope="col"| Jockey

! scope="col"| Trainer

! scope="col"| Owner

! scope="col"| Final Odds

! scope="col"| Stake

1

|4

|Bert S. Michell

|2.06

|$55,375

2

|1

|Misstep

|William Garner

|Mose Lowenstein

|Le Mar Stock Farm (Leo J. Marks)

|10.20

|$6,000

3

|7

|Toro

|John F. Schorr

|Edward Beale McLean

|4.75

|$3,000

4

|8

|Jack Higgins

|Charles E. Allen

|William J. Curran

|William J. Curran

|4.42

|$1,000

5

|5

|Reigh Olga

|Earl Pool

|Bert S. Michell

|Otto Lehman

|2.06

|

6

|9

|Lawley

|Harold Thurber

|Edward Trotter

|Viking Stable (Christian & Klein)

|4.42

|

7

|2

|Don Q.

|Pete Walls

|Sagamore Stable

|4.42

|

8

|20

|Bobashela

|S. Miller Henderson

|Audley Farm Stable

|12.08

|

9

|10

|Blackwood

|Frank Chiavetta

|Burton B. Williams

|Bloomfield Stable (Walter Briggs, Charles T. Fisher, Frank Navin)

|4.42

|

10

|6

|Martie Flynn

|Willie Fronk

|Robert V. McGarvey

|Syl Peabody

|14.18

|

11

|18

|John Craigmyle

|Charles W. Carroll

|Willis Sharpe Kilmer

|38.42

|

12

|13

|Bar None

|Joe Kederis

|William H. Buckner

|Longridge Stable

|4.42

|

13

|19

|Distraction

|Danny McAuliffe

|Wheatley Stable

|11.51

|

14

|15

|Albert Johnson

|John R. Macomber

|4.42

|

15

|17

|Typhoon

|Edgar Barnes

|H. Guy Bedwell

|Kenton Farm Stable (John A. Payne Jr. & Robert H. West Jr.)

|41.21

|

16

|11

|Replevin

|Virgil Peterson

|J. S. Middleton

|Frederick Johnson

|4.42

|

17

|3

|Cartago

|Karl Horvath

|John J. Flanigan

|R. E. Lechleiter

|4.42

|

18

|21

|Bonivan

|Charles Landolt

|Jim Everman

|A. A. Kaiser

|4.42

|

19

|22

|Charmarten

|C. F. Cherry

|Wild Rose Farm (Valentine "Val" Crane)

|4.42

|

20

|12

|Vito

|Clarence Kummer

|Alfred H. Cosden

|39.04

|

21

|14

|Sortie

|Fred Weiner

|Max Hirsch

|A. Charles Schwartz

|39.04

|

22

|16

|Strolling Player

|George Fields

|Robert A. Smith

|Salubria Stable

|12.08

|

Margins – 3 Lengths
Time – 2:10 2/5
Track – Heavy

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Kentucky Derby}}

Category:Kentucky Derby races

Category:May 1928 sports events in the United States

Category:1920s in Louisville, Kentucky

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