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DERBY 2016: By-the-numbers at the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby by-the-numbers:

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- 0 winners from post No. 17

- 1 winner without 2-year-old start (Apollo, 1882)

- 1 1/4 miles from start to finish or 2,011.68 meters or 2,200 yards or 79,200 inches

- 1:59 2/5 is Secretariat's record-setting time.

- 2.80 is record low payoff for $2 win bet on winner (Count Fleet, 1943; Citation, 1948)

- 3 winning fillies (Regret, Genuine Risk, Winning Colors)

- 3 1/2 pounds is weight of Derby trophy

- 4 wins for trainer Bob Baffert

- 5 wins for jockeys Eddie Arcaro, Bill Hartack

- 6 3/4 length win by Mine That Bird in 2009, largest in 63 years

- 7 unbeaten starters won

- 8 wins for owner Calumet Farm

- 12 Triple Crown winners

- 13 winners started from post No. 5

- 19 winners whose names began with letter S

- 20 horses is maximum field

- 22 wire-to-wire winners

- 26 starters entered unbeaten

- 47 barns at Churchill Downs

- 48 starters for trainer D. Wayne Lukas

- 54 years, oldest winning jockey Bill Shoemaker (Ferdinand, 1986)

- 77 years, oldest winning trainer Art Sherman (California Chrome, 2014)

- 92 years, oldest winning owner Frances Genter (Unbridled, 1990)

- 107 winners born in Kentucky

- 141 previous runnings

- 184.90 is record high payoff for $2 bet on winner (Donerail, 1913)

- 218 imported rolled cigars

- 400 roses comprise garland draped over winner

- 1,234 1/2 feet for stretch, from head of lane to finish line

- 2,000 media credentials

- 5,000 liters of bourbon

- 11,500 workers at Churchill Downs

- 49,000 Derby pies

- 58,654 reserved seats for Derby, Oaks

- 127,000 mint juleps

- 163,000 hot dogs

- 170,513 people attended in 2015

- 522,000 cans of beer

- 1,043,346 pari-mutuel tickets sold in 2015 by Churchill Downs

- 4,000,000 dollars for highest priced winner/starter bought at auction (Fusaichi Pegasus, 2000)

- 17,900,000 million viewers watched NBC from 6:30p-6:45p in 2015.

- 194,000,000 dollars in total wagers (a record) in 2015.