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1959 Kentucky Derby

Index 1959 Kentucky Derby

The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby. [1]

39 relations: Bill Hartack, Bill Shoemaker, Brookmeade Stable, Casey Hayes, Charles Peoples, Chris Rogers (jockey), Christopher Chenery, Churchill Downs, Claiborne Farm, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Eddie Arcaro, First Landing (horse), Frank E. Childs, Graded stakes race, Hirsch Jacobs, J. Elliott Burch, James D. Norris, Johnny Longden, Johnny Sellers, Kenneth Church, Kentucky Derby, Manuel Ycaza, Moody Jolley, Neil S. McCarthy, Pete D. Anderson, Raymond York, Reggie Cornell, Robert L. Wheeler, Royal Orbit, Sam Boulmetis Sr., Silver Spoon (horse), Steve Brooks (jockey), Sword Dancer, Tomy Lee, William B. Finnegan, William Boland, William Harmatz, 1958 Kentucky Derby, 1960 Kentucky Derby.

Bill Hartack

William John Hartack Jr. (December 9, 1932 – November 26, 2007), born in Colver, Pennsylvania, was a Hall of Fame jockey.

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Bill Shoemaker

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

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Brookmeade Stable

Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by Dodge Automobile heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane.

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Casey Hayes

James Homer "Casey" Hayes (June 16, 1906 - June 25, 1980) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose horses won eight national Championship titles of which two were inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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Charles Peoples

Charles Peoples (February 3, 1924 – September 17, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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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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Christopher Chenery

Christopher Tompkins Chenery (September 19, 1886 – January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and the owner/breeder of record for Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.

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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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Claiborne Farm

Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky.

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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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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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First Landing (horse)

First Landing (March 7, 1956 – 1987) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Frank E. Childs

Frank E. Childs (December 27, 1887 – January 10, 1973) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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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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Hirsch Jacobs

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

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J. Elliott Burch

John Elliott Burch (March 3, 1924 – January 30, 2011) was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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James D. Norris

James Dougan Norris (November 6, 1906 – February 25, 1966) was an American sports businessman, with interests in boxing, ice hockey, and horse racing.

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Johnny Longden

John Eric "Johnny" Longden (February 14, 1907 – February 14, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

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Johnny Sellers

Johnny Sellers (July 31, 1937 – July 2, 2010) was an American jockey.

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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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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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Moody Jolley

Moody S. Jolley (March 23, 1910 - February, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and trainer.

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Neil S. McCarthy

Neil Steere McCarthy (May 6, 1888 – July 25, 1972) was an American corporate and film industry lawyer, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.

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Pete D. Anderson

Peter D. Anderson (November 20, 1931 in Southampton, Long Island, New York - February 19, 2013 in Hialeah, Florida) was an American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Raymond York

Raymond York (born 1933) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who rode in a record seven consecutive decades.

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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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Robert L. Wheeler

Robert L. Wheeler (June 21, 1920 – April 12, 1992) was American Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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Royal Orbit

Royal Orbit (April 25, 1956 - c. 1980) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown races.

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Sam Boulmetis Sr.

Samuel A. Boulmetis Sr. (born February 17, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973.

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Silver Spoon (horse)

Silver Spoon (March 6, 1956 - January 1978) was a multiple stakes winning American Thoroughbred race horse.

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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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Sword Dancer

Sword Dancer (April 24, 1956 – November 16, 1984) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Tomy Lee

Tomy Lee (May 7, 1956 – October 29, 1971) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1959 Kentucky Derby defeating Sword Dancer, First Landing, Royal Orbit and the filly Silver Spoon.

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William B. Finnegan

William B. "Bill" Finnegan (September 19, 1890 - October 18, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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William Boland

William Norris "Bill" Boland (born July 16, 1933 at Corpus Christi, Texas) is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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William Harmatz

William Harmatz (February 9, 1931 – January 27, 2011) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the 1959 Preakness Stakes aboard Royal Orbit.

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1958 Kentucky Derby

The 1958 Kentucky Derby was the 84th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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1960 Kentucky Derby

The 1960 Kentucky Derby was the 86th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Kentucky_Derby

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