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1958 Kentucky Derby

Index 1958 Kentucky Derby

The 1958 Kentucky Derby was the 84th running of the Kentucky Derby. [1]

28 relations: Bill Shoemaker, Calumet Farm, Charles E. Whittingham, Chris Rogers (jockey), Churchill Downs, Conn McCreary, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Douglas Dodson, Eddie Arcaro, Gordon Glisson, Graded stakes race, Horace A. Jones, Ismael Valenzuela, Ivan H. Parke, Jewel's Reward, Kenneth Church, Kentucky Derby, Lincoln Road (horse), Llangollen Farm, Maine Chance Farm, Manuel Ycaza, Ralph Neves, Reggie Cornell, Silky Sullivan, Sylvester Veitch, Tim Tam (horse), 1957 Kentucky Derby, 1959 Kentucky Derby.

Bill Shoemaker

William Lee "Bill" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey.

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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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Charles E. Whittingham

Charles Edward Whittingham (April 13, 1913 – April 20, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred race horse trainer who is one of the most acclaimed trainers in U.S. racing history.

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Chris Rogers (jockey)

Christopher J. Rogers (October 6, 1924 - October 29, 1976) was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey about whom the great U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Arcaro called "one of the most complete riders he had ridden against or watched." According to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, "Many horsemen consider Rogers the best jockey produced in Canada." Rogers won his first race on his very first try on Bon Marche at Fort Erie Race Track in 1941 and went on to win 2,043 races in his career including numerous important graded stakes races in Canada.

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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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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt "C.V." ("Sonny") Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, writer, philanthropist, polo player, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.

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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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Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (November 24, 1906 – September 2, 2001) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Ismael Valenzuela

Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela (December 25, 1934, in McNary, Texas – September 2, 2009, in Arcadia, California) was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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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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Jewel's Reward

Jewel's Reward (March 10, 1955 – September 16, 1959) was an Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1957 by the Thoroughbred Racing Association and Turf & Sports Digest magazine. The rival Daily Racing Form poll was topped by Nadir. Owned by the Maine Chance Farm of "Cosmetics Queen" Elizabeth Arden, Jewel's Reward was trained by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Ivan Parke. Following his championship year, in which he won more money than any other two-year-old in history, at age three Jewel's Reward was ranked a top contender for the U.S. Triple Crown series after winning the Wood Memorial Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. However, an injury during a workout hampered the colt and after being sent off as the betting favorite, he ran fourth in the Kentucky Derby and seventh in the Preakness Stakes. Later that year, Jewel's Reward was sent to race in California, where he was trained by Bill Molter. Returned to the East Coast, in August 1959 the four-year-old Jewel's Reward came down with colic and died on September 16 in his barn at Belmont Park.

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Kenneth Church

Kenneth Church (born March 24, 1930 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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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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Lincoln Road (horse)

Lincoln Road (foaled in 1955) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1958 Jersey Derby as a three-year-old.

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Llangollen Farm

Llangollen Farm is an historic American horse and cattle farm located in western Loudoun County, Virginia on Trappe Rd.

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Maine Chance Farm

Maine Chance Farm was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon Elizabeth Arden.

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Manuel Ycaza

Manuel Ycaza (born Carlos Manuel Deycaza on February 1, 1938 in Panama) is a retired United States Racing Hall of Fame jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States.

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Ralph Neves

Ralph P. Neves (August 26, 1916 - May 8, 1936 - July 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Reggie Cornell

Reginald "Reggie" Cornell (August 1, 1922 - February 21, 1979) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who competed in his native Canada before working for many years in the United States.

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Silky Sullivan

Silky Sullivan (February 28, 1955 – November 18, 1977) was an American thoroughbred race horse best known for his come-from-behind racing style. His name is now a term used in sports and politics for someone who seems so far behind the competition that they cannot win, yet they do.

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Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester E. Veitch (February 24, 1910 – February 14, 1996) was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Tim Tam (horse)

Tim Tam (April 19, 1955 – July 30, 1982) was an American thoroughbred racehorse.

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1957 Kentucky Derby

The 1957 Kentucky Derby was the 83rd running of the Kentucky Derby.

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1959 Kentucky Derby

The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Derby

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