Aristides (horse)

Aristides
1877 drawing by C. Lloyd
SireLeamington
GrandsireFaugh-a-Ballagh
DamSarong
DamsireLexington
SexStallion
Foaled1872
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederH. Price McGrath
OwnerH. Price McGrath
TrainerAnsel Williamson
Record21: 9-5-1
Earnings$18,325
Major wins
Jerome Handicap (1875)
Withers Stakes (1875)
American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (1875)
Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1875) (historic)
Honours
Life-sized statue at Churchill Downs
Aristides Stakes at Churchill Downs
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2024)
Last updated on December 21, 2006

Aristides (1872–1893) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.

In 1875, the Derby was raced at a mile and a half, the distance it would remain until 1896, when it was changed to its present mile and a quarter. Aristides also had a relative racing in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.