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Latonia Derby

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The Latonia Derby was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1883 through 1937 at Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky.Latonia Derby next on List: Milldale Fixture Almost as Old as the Kentucky Derby, Daily Racing Form, 1935-05-29 Open to three-year-old horses, for its first 52 years the Latonia Derby was contested at a mile and a half; in 1935, the race was shortened to a mile and a quarter. [1]

59 relations: A. Kingsley Macomber, Alfred M. Robertson, Alonzo Clayton, Bashford Manor Stable, Belmont Stakes, Ben Brush, Byron McClelland, Clarence Kummer, Eddie Ambrose, Edward Beale McLean, Edward R. Bradley, Elwood (horse), Film, Flat racing, Frank Robinson (jockey), H. Eugene Leigh, Hal Price Headley, Halma (horse), Hardy Campbell Jr., Harry Payne Whitney, Herbert J. Thompson, Hindoo (horse), Horse trainer, Illinois Derby, Isaac Burns Murphy, Jimmy Winkfield, Jockey, Johnny Loftus, Johnny Longden, Johren, Kentucky Derby, King Baggot, Kingman (horse), Latonia Race Track, Latonia, Covington, Leonatus, Lieut. Gibson, Liz Whitney Tippett, Lucky Baldwin, Mack Garner, Max Hirsch, Michael F. Dwyer, Mile, Milky Way Farm, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Olambala, Robert Tucker (horse trainer), Roscoe Troxler, Rushaway, Silent film, ..., Sir Huon, Thomas Clay McDowell, Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred horse racing, United States dollar, Universal Pictures, Upset (horse), William A. Hurley, Willie Simms. Expand index (9 more) »

A. Kingsley Macomber

Abraham Kingsley "King" Macomber (March 7, 1874 – October 6, 1955) was an American adventurer, businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred-racehorse owner and breeder.

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Alfred M. Robertson

Alfred Masson Robertson (October 20, 1911 - September 4, 1975) was a Hall of Fame jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Alonzo Clayton

Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton (1876 - March 17, 1917) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing described by author Edward Hotaling, as "one of the great riders of the New York circuit all through the 1890s" and who holds the record as the youngest jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby.

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Bashford Manor Stable

Bashford Manor Stable was an American Thoroughbred racing and breeding operation in Louisville, Kentucky owned by George James Long.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Ben Brush

Ben Brush (1893–1918) was a high-class Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won the 1896 Kentucky Derby.

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Byron McClelland

Byron McClelland (c. 1855 - June 11, 1897) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing owner and trainer.

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Clarence Kummer

Clarence Kummer (August 8, 1899 - December 18, 1930) was a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey who won four American Classic Races.

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Eddie Ambrose

Edward E. "Eddie" Ambrose (April 13, 1894 – June 8, 1994) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Edward Beale McLean

Edward Beale "Ned" McLean (1889 – July 28, 1941) was the publisher and owner of The Washington Post newspaper from 1916 until 1933.

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Edward R. Bradley

Colonel Edward Riley Bradley (December 12, 1859 – August 15, 1946) was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist.

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Elwood (horse)

Elwood (foaled 1901 in Missouri) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best remembered for winning the 1904 Kentucky Derby and for being the first horse both bred and owned by a woman to win the Derby.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of horse racing which is run on a level racecourse.

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Frank Robinson (jockey)

Frank Robinson (April 8, 1898 - April 4, 1919) was an American Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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H. Eugene Leigh

Hiram Eugene Leigh (1860 - December 10, 1937) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer/owner and breeder who had a highly successful career in the United States as well as in Europe.

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Hal Price Headley

Hal Price Headley (December 19, 1888 - March 22, 1962) was an American owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses and a founder of Keeneland who served as the race track's president from 1935 to 1951. He owned the 4,000 acre Beaumont Farm on Harrodsburg Road at the western edge of Lexington, Kentucky as well as the 15,000-acre Pinebloom Plantation in Baker County, Georgia. Hal Price Headley was one of those profiled by racing historian Edward L. Bowen in his 2003 book Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders.

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Halma (horse)

Halma (1892–1909) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1895 Kentucky Derby. He is best known for being the first Kentucky Derby winner to sire a Kentucky Derby winner.

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Hardy Campbell Jr.

Hardy Campbell Jr. (c.1863 – June 24, 1898) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and Standardbred horse owner.

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Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 – October 26, 1930) was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.

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Herbert J. Thompson

Herbert J. Thompson (September 21, 1881 – 1937) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Hindoo (horse)

Hindoo (1878–1901) was an outstanding American Thoroughbred race horse who won 30 of his 35 starts, including the Kentucky Derby, the Travers Stakes, and the Clark Handicap.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Illinois Derby

The Illinois Derby is a race in the United States for Thoroughbred horses for three year olds run over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, just west of Chicago in early April each year.

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Isaac Burns Murphy

Isaac Burns Murphy (April 16, 1861 - February 12, 1896) was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history.

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Jimmy Winkfield

James Winkfield (April 12, 1882 - March 23, 1974) was a Thoroughbred jockey and horse trainer from Kentucky, best remembered as the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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Johnny Loftus

John P. Loftus (October 13, 1895 – March 23, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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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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Johren

Johren (1915–1932) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United States.

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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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King Baggot

William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter.

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Kingman (horse)

Kingman (1888–1893) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Kinzea Stone of Georgetown, Kentucky and the winner of the 1891 Kentucky Derby, Phoenix Stakes and Latonia Derby.

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Latonia Race Track

Latonia Race Track on Winston Avenue in Latonia (Covington) Kentucky, six miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened in 1883.

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Latonia, Covington

Latonia is a former city, now neighborhood of Covington in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

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Leonatus

Leonatus (foaled in 1880 in Kentucky, died 1898) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Lieut. Gibson

Lieutenant Gibson (1897–1900) was an American thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Kentucky and is best remembered for winning the 1900 Kentucky Derby.

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Liz Whitney Tippett

Mary Elizabeth Whitney Person Tippett (born Mary Elizabeth Altemus) (June 18, 1906 – October 30, 1988) was a wealthy American socialite and philanthropist who was a champion horsewoman and for more than fifty years, a prominent owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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Lucky Baldwin

Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (April 3, 1828 – March 1, 1909) was "one of the greatest pioneers" of California business, an investor, and real estate speculator during the second half of the 19th century.

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Mack Garner

Mack Garner (December 23, 1898 – October 28, 1936) was an American jockey who won the 1934 Kentucky Derby as well as the 1929 and 1933 Belmont Stakes.

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Max Hirsch

Maximilian Justice "Max" Hirsch (July 12, 1880 - April 3, 1969) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Michael F. Dwyer

Michael F. Dwyer (1847–1906) was an American businessman from Brooklyn, New York and prominent owner of Thoroughbred racehorses and racetracks.

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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Milky Way Farm

Milky Way Farm in Giles County, Tennessee, is the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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Olambala

Olambala (1906–1935) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Robert Tucker (horse trainer)

Robert Tucker (March 24, 1857 - March 24, 1910) was a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for winning the 1905 Kentucky Derby and the Tennessee Derby with the colt Agile for owner Samuel S. Brown.

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Roscoe Troxler

Roscoe Troxler (June 15, 1883 - July 7, 1976) was an American jockey in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing who began riding in his early teens and by age fifteen was making an impression competing at the Crescent City Jockey Club's Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.

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Rushaway

Rushaway (foaled 1933 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose enduring legacy was his two Derby wins on consecutive days in two different states. Owned and trained by Alfred Tarn, in both races, Rushaway was ridden by tarn's son-in-law, the future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Longden. On Friday afternoon, May 22, 1936, Rushaway won the Illinois Derby at Aurora Downs in Aurora, Illinois. That night, Tarn shipped the three-year-old gelding three hundred miles south via express train to the Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky where on Saturday he won the Latonia Derby. Rushaway's feat of endurance is still talked about more than eighty years later.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Sir Huon

Sir Huon (foaled 1903 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1906 Kentucky Derby and Latonia Derby.

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Thomas Clay McDowell

Thomas Clay McDowell (March 9, 1866 - February 9, 1935) was an American businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and trainer.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing.

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Upset (horse)

Upset was notable as the only horse to have ever defeated Man o' War.

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William A. Hurley

William A. "Bill" Hurley (c.1871 - September 12, 1952) was an American horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Willie Simms

Willie Simms (January 16, 1870, near Augusta, Georgia, United States – February 26, 1927 in Ashbury, New Jersey) was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latonia_Derby

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