1902 Kentucky Derby

{{Short description|Horse race}} {{Infobox horse race | name = 28th Kentucky Derby | class = [[Graded stakes race|Grade I stakes race]] | horse race = [[Kentucky Derby]] | image = Alan-A-Dale - 1902.jpg | caption = [[Jimmy Winkfield]] aboard [[Alan-a-Dale]] in 1902 | location = [[Churchill Downs]] | date = May 3, 1902 | distance = | winning horse = [[Alan-a-Dale (horse)|Alan-a-Dale]] | winning time = | final odds = | winning jockey = [[Jimmy Winkfield]] | winning trainer = [[Thomas Clay McDowell]] | winning owner = Thomas Clay McDowell | conditions = | surface = Dirt | attendance = | previous = [[1901 Kentucky Derby|1901]] | next = [[1903 Kentucky Derby|1903]] }}

The '''1902 Kentucky Derby''' was the 28th running of the [[Kentucky Derby]]. The race took place on May 3, 1902.<ref>[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1902 Kentucky Derby History, 1902]</ref> This marked the first year in which the race was held on its now-traditional day of Saturday; all prior races had taken place anywhere from Monday through Friday.<ref>[https://www.kentuckyderby.com/uploads/wysiwyg/assets/uploads/First_Saturday_in_May__2017_.pdf First Saturday in May] (data as of 2017). Retrieved April 28, 2022.</ref> [[Alan-a-Dale]] won by a [[nose (horseracing)|nose]] after going lame while he was well in front of the other horses; jockey [[Jimmy Winkfield]] held him together as the colt barely won. Inventor finished second. The Rival was third, {{Frac|1|2}} length behind Inventor.<ref>{{cite web |website=twinspires.com |title=MYSTIK DAN INSPIRES A LOOK AT THE CLOSEST FINISHES IN KENTUCKY DERBY HISTORY |url=https://www.twinspires.com/edge/racing/mystik-dan-inspires-a-look-at-the-closest-finishes-in-kentucky-derby-history/ |author=Kellie Reilly |date=May 5, 2024}}</ref> Winkfield's win in the 1902 Kentucky Derby was the last time that an [[African American]] [[jockey]] rode a winning horse in the Kentucky Derby.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia |author=Gerald L. Smith |date=2015 |isbn=9780813160658 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0AoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA536 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |page=536}}</ref>

==Full results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Finished ! Post ! Horse ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Owner ! Time / behind |- | 1st | | [[Alan-a-Dale (horse)|Alan-a-Dale]] | [[Jimmy Winkfield]] | [[Thomas Clay McDowell]] | Thomas Clay McDowell | 2:08.75 |- | 2nd | | Inventor | Robert "Tiny" Williams | | T. W. Moore | Nose |- | 3rd | | The Rival | [[Nash Turner]] | Thomas Clay McDowell | Thomas Clay McDowell |{{Frac|1|2}} |- | 4th | | Abe Frank | Monk Coburn | [[Henry McDaniel (racehorse trainer)|Henry McDaniel]] | George C. Bennett & Co. | Nose |}

==Payout== * The winner received a purse of $4,850. * Second place received $700. * Third place received $300.<ref name="1902 Kentucky Derby Results Tables">{{Cite web |url=http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1902.pdf |title=1902 Kentucky Derby Results Tables |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814055230/http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1902.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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