Inside the Numbers: 2016 Kentucky Derby

The 2016 Kentucky Derby is the 142nd running of the race. (Photo by Eclipse Sportswire)
The Kentucky Derby is less than two weeks away and the contenders are busy making their final preparations for the 142nd running of the historic race. Make sure you’re ready too by catching up with the race’s history and facts with the numbers below.
1 ¼ miles – The distance of the Kentucky Derby.
1:59.40 – Fastest time run in the race, held by the 1973 winner, the great Secretariat.
2 – Number of consecutive Derby wins for jockey Victor Espinoza, who won the race on California Chrome in 2014 and American Pharoah in 2015.
$2.80 – Record low payout on a $2 win ticket, occurring when both Count Fleet (1943) and Citation (1948) won.
4 – The number of gray or roan horses probable for this year’s race. A gray hasn’t won since 2005 (Giacomo).
4 – Kentucky Derby wins by trainer Bob Baffert, including 2015 with American Pharoah. This year he has Mor Spirit headed to the race.
7 – The number of undefeated Kentucky Derby winners, out of 26 undefeated horses who have run in the race since 1915. Early Derby favorite Nyquist enters this year’s race without any losses.
8 – Wins by owner Calumet Farm, a record.
8 – Number of times the Derby has been decided by a nose, most recently when Grindstone beat Cavonnier in 1996.
12 – The number of horses who swept the Triple Crown after winning the Kentucky Derby including last year’s winner, American Pharoah.
18 – The number of horses currently probable for the race that were bred in Kentucky. The other two were bred in Pennsylvania.
20 – Maximum number of horses who can start in the Kentucky Derby each year.
33 – Barn 33 was the Churchill Downs home of the most recent Kentucky Derby winner, American Pharoah.
40 percent – The portion of the 2016 Kentucky Derby field whose sires (fathers) are either Giant’s Causeway (two runners), Tapit (three runners) or Uncle Mo (three runners).
77 – Age of California Chrome’s trainer, Art Sherman, when he won the 2014 Derby, making him the oldest trainer to win the race.
1964 – The last time a horse whose name started with the letter “N” won the Derby (Northern Dancer).
127,000 – Total number of mint juleps served on Kentucky Derby and Oaks days each year.
170,513 – 2015 Derby attendance, the highest ever for the race.
$864,253.50 – Payout on a winning $1 superfecta ticket in 2005 when Giacomo, Closing Argument, Afleet Alex and Don’t Get Mad finished first through fourth. 
$1.24-million – Winner’s share of the race’s guaranteed $2-million purse. The rest is divided among second- through fifth-place finishers.
$4-million – Auction price of the most expensive horse ever to start in the Derby. The horse, Fusaichi Pegasus, won the 2000 edition as the favorite. Mohaymen, a $2.2-million purchase in 2014, is this year’s priciest expected starter.
$194,271,295 – Total amount bet on Derby day 2015, a record.