1947 Kentucky Derby

73rd Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	May 3, 1947
Winning horse	Jet Pilot
Winning time	2:06 4/5
Final odds	5.40:1
Jockey	Eric Guerin
Trainer	R. Thomas Smith
Owner	Maine Chance Farm
Conditions	Three-year-olds
Surface	Dirt

The 1947 Kentucky Derby was the 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 1947, on a track rated slow. Jet Pilot led wire-to-wire and won in a three-horse photo finish. Jet Pilot finished a head ahead of Phalanx and a length ahead of Faultless.^[1][2][3][4] Faultless went on to win the 1947 Preakness Stakes while Phalanx won the 1947 Belmont Stakes.^[5][6]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st	11	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin	R. Thomas Smith	Maine Chance Farm	2:06 4/5
2nd	8	Phalanx	Eddie Arcaro	Sylvester Veitch	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
3rd	5	Faultless	Douglas Dodson	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm
4th	9	On Trust	Johnny Longden	William Molter	Earl O. Stice & Sons
5th	2	Cosmic Bomb	Shelby Clark	Willie Booth	William G. Helis Sr.
6th	7	Star Reward	Steve Brooks	Jack C. Hodgins	Dixiana
7th	6	Bullet Proof	Wayne D. Wright	Henry S. Clark	Liz Whitney
8th	1A	W. L. Sickle	Robert Campbell	Graceton Philpot	W-L Ranch Co.
9th	1	Stepfather	Jack Westrope	Graceton Philpot	W-L Ranch Co.
10th	3	Liberty Road	Job Dean Jessop	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable
11th	10	Riskolater	William Balzaretti	Burton B. Williams	Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore)
12th	4	Double Jay	John Gilbert	Walter L. McCue	Ridgewood Stable
13th	12	Jett-jett	William Hanka	E. C. Dobson	William M. Peavey

• Winning breeder: Arthur B. Hancock & Margaret Good Van Clief (KY)

References

1. "Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Remembering 1947 winner Jet Pilot". Courier-journal.com. February 18, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
2. "1947". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
3. Drummond, Cameron (May 5, 2024). "How does a three-horse photo in the Kentucky Derby rank? Here are the closest finishes ever". Lexington Herald-Leader.
4. "Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by nose in photo finish". ESPN. May 4, 2024.
5. Steve Feitl (May 20, 2017). "2017 Preakness: Winners from 1873 through 2017". Asbury Park Press.
6. "Universal Newsreel: Phalanx wins at the 1947 Belmont Stakes". Universal Newsreel – via Getty Images.