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1947 Kentucky Derby

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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[edit]

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

^ "1947". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

^ Steve Feitl (May 20, 2017). "2017 Preakness: Winners from 1873 through 2017". Asbury Park Press.

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