Del Mar Derby
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The Del Mar Derby is an American
thoroughbred horse race
run annually during the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack
in Del Mar, California
. A Grade II
race open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf
over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlong
s).
Inaugurated in 1945 as the Quigley Memorial Handicap at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on dirt, it was renamed in 1948, modified to its present distance in 1950, and moved to turf in 1970. It was raced in two divisions in 1963 and again in 1970.
In 1968 there was a dead heat
for the win.
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
* † In 1990, Tight Spot finished first, but was disqualified and set back to tenth place. That ruling was contested and later was overturned by the California Horse Racing Board and his victory reinstated.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run annually during the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar Racetrack is an American Thoroughbred horse racing track at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the seaside city of Del Mar, California, 20 miles north of San Diego. Operated by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, it is known for the slogan: "Where The Turf Meets The Surf." It was built by a partnership...
in Del Mar, California
Del Mar, California
Del Mar is an upscale beach town in San Diego County, California. The population was 4,161 at the 2010 census, down from 4,389 at the 2000 census. The San Diego County Fair is hosted on the Del Mar Fairgrounds every summer. Del Mar is Spanish for "of the sea" or "by the sea", because it is located...
. A Grade II
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
race open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf
Gras
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over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s).
Inaugurated in 1945 as the Quigley Memorial Handicap at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on dirt, it was renamed in 1948, modified to its present distance in 1950, and moved to turf in 1970. It was raced in two divisions in 1963 and again in 1970.
In 1968 there was a dead heat
Tie (draw)
To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
for the win.
Records
Speed record: (on turf at 1⅛ miles)- 1:45.85 - Willow O Wisp (2005)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Howard B. Keck (1960, 1962, 1966)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 5 - 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:...
(1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1994) - 5 - Eddie DelahoussayeEddie DelahoussayeEdward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...
(1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2000)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 4 - Julio C. Canani (1988, 1998, 1999, 2004)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Banned | Garrett Gomez | Tom Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:47.93 |
2010 | Twirling Candy | Joel Rosario Joel Rosario Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his... |
John W. Sadler John W. Sadler John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area... |
Craig Family Trust | 1:46.96 |
2009 | Rendezvous | Joel Rosario Joel Rosario Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his... |
Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers.... |
Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers.... /G. Todaro et al. |
1:46.88 |
2008 | Madeo | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset... |
Ann & Jerry Moss Jerry Moss Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert.... |
1:46.68 |
2007 | Medici Code | Martin Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Pedroza trained at the Panama jockey school and in 1981 rode his first winner at Hipódromo Presidente Remón in Panama City... |
Darrell Vienna | Herrick Racing | 1:47.10 |
2006 | Get Funky Thirteen (Teenage Fanclub album) -Personnel:*Norman Blake - Vocals, guitar*Gerard Love - Vocals, bass*Raymond McGinley - Vocals, guitar*Brendan O'Hare - Drums... |
Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a top South American jockey, he is the nephew of retired jockey Fernando Toro and trainer, Juan Suarez. He and his family moved to the United States in 1989 and settled in the West Palm Beach, Florida area where his... |
John W. Sadler John W. Sadler John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area... |
Keith Abrahams | 1:46.39 |
2005 | Willow O Wisp | Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States... |
Vladimir Cerin | Robert A. Alexander | 1:45.85 |
2004 | Blackdoun | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Julio C. Canani | Naify & Woodside Farms | 1:46.75 |
2003 | Fairly Ransom | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Arnold Zetcher | 1:46.45 |
2002 | Insperado | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Robert J. Frankel | 3 Plus U Stable | 1:47.49 |
2001 | Romanceishope | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Jenine Sahadi | S. Hatake & S. Nishimura | 1:47.93 |
2000 | Walkslikeaduck | Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Patrick Gallagher | D. Bienstock/C. Winner et al. | 1:46.66 |
1999 | Val Royal Val Royal Val Royal was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in France and the United States. Best known for winning the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile, he was bred and raced by Jean-Luc Lagardere. Val Royal's dam was Vadlava, a daughter of the 1981 French Derby winner, Bikala... |
Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Julio C. Canani | David Milch David Milch David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:... |
1:48.40 |
1998 | Ladies Din | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Julio C. Canani | Lanni-Schiappa-Sloan | 1:48.40 |
1997 | Anet | Gary L. Stevens | Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
Donald Dizney | 1:48.40 |
1996 | Rainbow Blues | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Charles Whittingham | Frankfurt Stable | 1:50.00 |
1995 | Da Hoss Da Hoss Da Hoss by Gone West out of Jolly Saint is a bay Thoroughbred gelding best known for twice winning the Breeders' Cup Mile. He was bred in Kentucky by Fares Farms and originally owned by Prestonwood Farm as well as Wallstreet Racing Stables.Bought for only $6,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland... |
Rene Douglas Rene R. Douglas Rene R. Douglas Panama is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born into a Thoroughbred racing family, after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983. His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious... |
Michael W. Dickinson | Prestonwood Farm et al. | 1:48.00 |
1994 | Ocean Crest | 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:... |
Frank L. Brothers Frank L. Brothers Frank L. Brothers is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who in 1991 won two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races... |
Lazy Lane Farms Inc. | 1:48.60 |
1993 | Guide | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Robert B. Hess, Jr. | Jeremys Stable et al. | 1:49.60 |
1992 | Daros | Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Michael Puhich | Al & Sandee Kirkwood | 1:48.80 |
1991 | Eternity Star | Frank Alvarado | Robert J. Frankel | Peter Wall | 1:49.20 |
1990 | Tight Spot † | 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:... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Anderson, VHW St., et al. | 1:49.60 |
1989 | Hawkster Hawkster Hawkster was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the world record of 2:22 4/5 for one and one half miles on Turf set under jockey Russell Baze on October 14, 1989 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California while winning the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes.Bred in Kentucky by Robert C. Sims,... |
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... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
J. Shelton Meredith | 1:48.00 |
1988 | Silver Circus | Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame.... |
Julio C. Canani | Joseph M. Scardino | 1:49.00 |
1987 | Deputy Governor | Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Universal Stable | 1:48.40 |
1986 | Vernon Castle | Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
John Sullivan | Allen E. Paulson Allen E. Paulson Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E... (Lessee) |
1:48.40 |
1985 | First Norman | Gary L. Stevens | Albert Barrera | Laz Barrera Laz Barrera Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States... /Norman Silverman |
1:48.00 |
1984 | Tsunami Slew | Eddie Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Edwin J. Gregson | Royal Lines (Lessee) | 1:48.00 |
1983 | Tanks Brigade | Rafael Meza Rafael Meza Rafael Q. Meza is a retired jockey who competed in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.A native of Tijuana, Mexico, Meza began riding in California near the end of the 1970s. and would spend his career riding from a base in that State... |
Joe Manzi | Lee, Manzi & Ozer | 1:49.00 |
1982 | Give Me Strength | 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:... |
Luis Barrera | Happy Valley Farm | 1:49.00 |
1981 | Juan Barrera | Fernando Toro | Greg Gilchrist | Harris Farms, Inc. | 1:49.00 |
1980 | Exploded | 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:... |
Charles Whittingham | M.J. Bradley/Whittingham/Wynne | 1:49.60 |
1979 | Relaunch Relaunch (horse) Relaunch was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. While he won five of his eighteen starts, he is best remembered as a sire at Wimbledon Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.Relaunch was the sire of:... |
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:... |
John H. Adams | Glen Hill Farm | 1:48.80 |
1978 | Misrepresentation | Donald Pierce Donald R. Pierce Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s... |
Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder Bernard J. Ridder Bernard Joseph "Ben" Ridder was an American newspaper publisher who served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ridder Publications, Inc. and an executive in the California Thoroughbred horse racing industry as well as a racehorse owner and breeder. Ridder was born in New York City, one of... |
1:49.60 |
1977 | Text | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
Vincent Clyne | Elmendorf | 1:49.40 |
1976 | Montespan | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
John H. Adams | El Peco Ranch | 1:48.40 |
1975 | Larrikin | Donald Pierce Donald R. Pierce Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s... |
Farrell W. Jones | Joseph Morjoseph | 1:48.80 |
1974 | Lightning Mandate | Alvaro Pineda Alvaro Pineda Alvaro Pineda was a Mexican jockey who competed in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.A top jockey in California, in 1966 Álvaro Pineda finished second in wins at Del Mar Racetrack to Donald Pierce then was the track's leading rider in 1968. He made one one appearance in the Kentucky... |
Farrell W. Jones | Jones, McLeod & Mabee, et al. | 1:50.00 |
1973 | Right Honorable | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Willard L. Proctor Willard L. Proctor Williard L. Proctor was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A longtime trainer in California, he began his career as a jockey at bush tracks in Texas and Louisiana. After his riding days were over he turned to training, moving to California in 1955... |
Glen Hill Farm | 1:49.20 |
1972 | Bicker | Glen Brogan | Robert E. Wingfield | Green Thumb Farm Stable | 1:49.00 |
1971 | Regal Case | Howard Grant Howard Grant (jockey) Howard Grant is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his jockey apprenticeship as a seventeen-year-old at Wheeling Downs, West Virginia and won his first race on October 9, 1956 at Cranwood Park Race Course in Cleveland, Ohio... |
Robert L. Wheeler | Flag Is Up Farm | 1:49.00 |
1970 | War Heim | Fernando Toro | Dale Landers | Hazel E. Huffman | 1:49.20 |
1970 | Mayhedo | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Jay Saladin | Edward C. Flynn | 1:49.20 |
1969 | Orbit Ruler | Fernando Alvarez | Robert K. Mitchell | SBL Stable | 1:47.40 |
1968 | Prince Hemp | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Lydell T. Ruff | Herbert L. Pratt | 1:46.60 |
1968 | Glory Hallelujah | Raul Caballero | Wally Dunn Wally Dunn Thomas Wallace "Wally" Dunn is an Canadian-born Thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, Wally Dunn went to Vancouver, British Columbia at age seventeen where he would find work in Thoroughbred horse racing... |
Flying M. Stable | 1:46.60 |
1967 | Charlie Boots | Alvaro Pineda Alvaro Pineda Alvaro Pineda was a Mexican jockey who competed in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.A top jockey in California, in 1966 Álvaro Pineda finished second in wins at Del Mar Racetrack to Donald Pierce then was the track's leading rider in 1968. He made one one appearance in the Kentucky... |
Willie H. Wyndle | Mrs. Harry Hart | 1:47.40 |
1966 | Drin | Donald Pierce Donald R. Pierce Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s... |
Charles Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:47.40 |
1965 | Hasty Trip | Bobby Jennings | Richard Chew | M/M/ R. L. Cooper | 1:47.60 |
1964 | Pop's Harmony | George Taniguchi | Buddy Leavitt | Shapiro & Leavitt | 1:48.60 |
1963 | Big Raff | Rudy Campas | John H. Adams | Ralph Lowe | 1:48.00 |
1963 | Olympiad King | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
Jack M. Phillips | Connie M. Ring | 1:47.80 |
1962 | Bayou Bourg | Pete Moreno | Joseph S. Dunn | Howard B. Keck | 1:48.20 |
1961 | Speak John Speak John Speak John was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1985 earned Champion broodmare sire in North America.Bred and raced by Max Gluck's Elmendorf Farm, racing in California under trainer Farrell Jones, Speak John notably won the Del Mar Derby at Del Mar Racetrack in California and the... |
Pete Moreno | Farrell W. Jones | Elmendorf | 1:48.00 |
1960 | Nagea | Alex Maese | Joseph S. Dunn | Howard B. Keck | 1:47.60 |
1959 | Mr. Eiffel | George Taniguchi | Dale Landers | Verne Winchell Verne Winchell Vernon Hedges "Verne" Winchell was the founder of Winchell's Donuts.On October 8, 1948 he opened his first donut shop in Temple City, California and earned the nickname "The Donut King" while making a fortune with a chain of Winchell's-branded donut shops in the western United States during the... |
1:47.60 |
1958 | The Shoe | Alex Maese | Mesh Tenney Mesh Tenney Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935... |
Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:48.60 |
1957 | Mystic Eye | William Skuse | T. Scholfield | O Enterprises | 1:48.20 |
1956 | Bounty Bay | John R. Adams | William J. Hirsch | Raoul Walsh | 1:48.00 |
1955 | Hi Pardner | Willie Harmatz | Wally Dunn Wally Dunn Thomas Wallace "Wally" Dunn is an Canadian-born Thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, Wally Dunn went to Vancouver, British Columbia at age seventeen where he would find work in Thoroughbred horse racing... |
Joe W. Brown | 1:49.00 |
1954 | Musselshell | Bill Shoemaker | Jim Sinnott | Jim Sinnott | 1:48.80 |
1953 | Apple Valley | Bill Pearson | Red McDaniel | Mrs. A. W. Ryan | 1:49.40 |
1952 | Southarlington | Robert Summers | J. Thomas Taylor | J. Ross Clark III | 1:48.80 |
1951 | Grantor | Bill Shoemaker | Harry L. Daniels | William Goetz William Goetz William Goetz was an American Hollywood film producer and studio executive. William Goetz died of cancer in 1969 at his home in Los Angeles and was buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.... |
1:48.60 |
1950 | Great Circle | Ralph Neves Ralph Neves Ralph P. Neves was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Neves won 3,772 races, including 173 stakes, and was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1960... |
Warren Stute | Yolo Stable | 1:48.40 |
1949 | Bolero | Jack Westrope Jack Westrope Jack Gordon Westrope was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Baker, Montana, Westrope was the son of racehorse owner/trainer W. T. Westrope. Jack was only 12 years old when he rode his first winner on a small track in Lemmon, South Dakota... |
Frank E. Childs | Abraham Hirschberg | 1:42.00 |
1948 | Frankly | Gene Pederson | Buster Millerick Buster Millerick Michael E. "Buster" Millerick was an American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer.Universally known by the nickname, "Buster," Millerick was born in Petaluma, California and learned his trade at his cousins ranch in Sonoma Valley Michael E. "Buster" Millerick (November 30, 1905 - September 30, 1986)... |
Frank Frankel | 1:42.80 |
1947 | Wheatfield | Melvin Peterson | Ross Brinson | Zack T. Addington | 1:43.80 |
1946 | Terry Bargello | William Swigart | Bob R. Roberts | Ranchita Alvera | 1:44.40 |
1945 | Timber Slide | Scotty Craigmyle | W. Robertson | Mill B Stable | 1:48.80 |
* † In 1990, Tight Spot finished first, but was disqualified and set back to tenth place. That ruling was contested and later was overturned by the California Horse Racing Board and his victory reinstated.