1989 Kentucky Derby
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The 1989 Kentucky Derby was the 115th running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 6, 1989.
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. The race took place on May 6, 1989.
Full results
| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
| 1st | Sunday Silence Sunday Silence Sunday Silence was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, earning distinction as 1989 American Horse of the Year over American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse Easy Goer. He was foaled in 1986, sired by Halo out of Wishing Well by Understanding. Though he was registered as a dark bay/brown, he was in... |
Pat Valenzuela Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico... |
Hancock III, Gaillard & Whittingham | 2:05 | ||
| 2nd | Easy Goer Easy Goer Easy Goer was an American Champion Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse, famous for earning American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors in 1988, and defeating 1989 American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence in the Belmont Stakes by 8 lengths. The victory deprived Sunday Silence of the Triple Crown... |
Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Ogden Phipps | |||
| 3rd | Awe Inspiring | Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races... |
Ogden Mills Phipps | |||
| 4th | Dansil | L. Snyder | John Franks | |||
| 5th | Hawkster | M. Castaneda | Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Meredith | |||
| 6th | Northern Wolf | C. Ladner III | Deep Silver Stable | |||
| 7th | Irish Actor | D. Howard | Tiffany Farms | |||
| 8th | Houston | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Beal, French, Jr. & Lukas | |||
| 9th | Triple Buck | Jose Santos José Santos Jose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:... |
Gary Marano | |||
| 10th | Shy Tom | Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero... |
Overbrook Farm | |||
| 11th | Wind Splitter | D. Miller, Jr. | Randall Williams, Jr. | |||
| 12th | Flying Continental | Corey Black Corey Black Corey A. Black is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Westminster, California, Black won his first race as a professional apprentice jockey on October 16, 1985, during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet at Santa Anita Park... |
Jack Kent Cooke | |||
| 13th | Clever Trevor | D. Pettinger | Cheri & Don McNeill | |||
| 14th | Faultless Ensign | C. Decarlo | Anthony Tornettam et al. | |||
| 15th | Western Playboy | Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J... |
Nancy Vanier & Raymond Roncari |
Payout
| Post | Horse | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sunday Silence | $ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 8.20 |
3.00 | 3.60 |
| 2b | Easy Goer | 2.60 | 3.40 | |
| 2 | Awe Inspiring | 3.40 |
- $2 ExactaParimutuel bettingParimutuel betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vig" is removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets...
: (10-2) Paid $15.20