Bodemeister posted the five fastest split times in Kentucky Derby history. He went the first quarter in 22.32 seconds, the first half mile in 45.39 and the first three-quarters of a mile in 1:09.80. In the 137 previous Derbies, all 10 horses prior to Bodemeister who ran the first mile in 45.4 seconds or less virtually collapsed after the exertion, finishing 10th place or worse. |

