Eddie Arcaro Riding Horse Bold Ruler

(Original Caption) Traditionally, the Kentucky Derby is a race of excitement, high drama and surprises. Many truly great horses have won the derby; many great ones have lost it to rank outsiders. The present derby record of 2 minutes, 1 and 2/5 seconds for the mile-and-one-quarter was set by Whirlaway, left, of Calumet Farms, in 1941. He went on to win racing's triple crown. Another Calumet colorbearer, Citation (second from left) took the derby in 1948 on the way to his triple crown, and later became the first horse to earn over $1,000,000. Alfred Vanderbilt's Native Dancer, unbeaten before the derby and after it, lost the big race to lightly-regarded Dark Star (third from left) in 1953. Similarly the great Nashua lost to Swaps (second from right) in 1955. Both Native Dancer and Nashua won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, the other gems in the triple crown, but they just missed o