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1949 Kentucky Derby

Index 1949 Kentucky Derby

The 1949 Kentucky Derby was the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby. [1]

25 relations: Basil James, Ben A. Jones, Calumet Farm, Capot, Churchill Downs, Conn McCreary, Dan and Ada Rice, Douglas Dodson, Eddie Arcaro, Gordon Glisson, Graded stakes race, Greentree Stable, Hedley Woodhouse, Hirsch Jacobs, Ivan H. Parke, John M. Gaver Sr., Kentucky Derby, Ovie Scurlock, Ponder (horse), Steve Brooks (jockey), Ted Atkinson, Tom Smith (horse trainer), Woody Stephens, 1948 Kentucky Derby, 1950 Kentucky Derby.

Basil James

Basil B. James (May 18, 1920 – April 10, 1998) was an American jockey.

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Ben A. Jones

Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company.

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Capot

Capot (1946-1974) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Menow out of the mare Piquet.

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Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby.

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Conn McCreary

Conn N. McCreary (June 17, 1921 - June 29, 1979) was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races.

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Dan and Ada Rice

Daniel F. Rice (1896–1975) and his wife Ada L. Rice (1898–1977) were American business people, thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders, and philanthropists.

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Douglas Dodson

Douglas Allan Dodson (December 21, 1921 - February, 1982) was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Eddie Arcaro

George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice.

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Gordon Glisson

Gordon P. Glisson (October 31, 1930 – February 23, 1997) was an American Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States or Canada that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

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Greentree Stable

Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City.

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Hedley Woodhouse

Hedley John Woodhouse (January 23, 1920 - December, 1984) was a Canadian jockey who won the New York state riding championship in 1953.

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Hirsch Jacobs

Hirsch Jacobs (April 8, 1904 – February 13, 1970) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.

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Ivan H. Parke

Ivan H. Parke (November 1, 1908 – January 20, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and trainer who won more races than any other jockey in the United States in 1923, as an apprentice, and again in 1924 when he also was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings.

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John M. Gaver Sr.

John Milton Gaver Sr.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Ovie Scurlock

Ovie Scurlock (November 11, 1918 – June 14, 2016) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Ponder (horse)

Ponder (April 14, 1946 - October 10, 1958) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1949.

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Steve Brooks (jockey)

Steve Brooks (August 12, 1922 – September 23, 1979) was an American Hall of Fame jockey.

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Ted Atkinson

Theodore Frederick Atkinson (June 17, 1916 – May 5, 2005) was a Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957.

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Tom Smith (horse trainer)

Robert Thomas "Tom" Smith (May 20, 1878 – January 23, 1957) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Woody Stephens

Woody Stephens (September 1, 1913 – August 22, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.

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1948 Kentucky Derby

The 1948 Kentucky Derby was the 74th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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1950 Kentucky Derby

The 1950 Kentucky Derby was the 76th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Kentucky_Derby

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