Horseshoe worn by Exterminator, Winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby
date: label: date made
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: Shoe worn by champion racehorse Exterminator and later given to collector Edwin Rollins. Exterminator is perhaps best known for winning the 1918 Kentucky Derby. The gelding, bred in Kentucky, had a lengthy nine-year career, winning 50 races of the 99 entered. 1922’s “American Horse of the Year,” they were elected to the United States Racing Hall of Fame in 1957.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Horse Racing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: related event
content: Kentucky Derby
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.11
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horseshoe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 in; 12.065 cm x 12.7 cm