Records
- Most wins by a jockey
- 5 - Eddie Arcaro (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952)
- 5 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 6 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952)
- Most wins by an owner
- 8 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968)
- Stakes record
- 1:59.40 - Secretariat (1973)
- Longest length to win a race
- 8 lengths - Assault (1946)
- 8 lengths - Whirlaway (1941)
- Longest shot to win the Derby
- 91 to 1 - Donerail (1913)
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