1959 Kentucky Derby

The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1959.^[1]^[2]

Full results

Finished	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1st	Tomy Lee	Bill Shoemaker	Frank E. Childs	Mr. and Mrs. Fred Turner, Jr.
2nd	Sword Dancer	C. Boland	J. Elliott Burch	Brookmeade Stable
3rd	First Landing	Eddie Arcaro	Casey Hayes	Meadow Stable
4th	Royal Orbit	William Harmatz	Reggie Cornell	Halina Gregory Braunstein
5th	Silver Spoon	Raymond York	Robert L. Wheeler	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
6th	Finnegan	Johnny Longden	William B. Finnegan	Neil S. McCarthy
7th	Dunce	Steve Brooks	Moody Jolley	Claiborne Farm
8th	Open View	Karl Korte	Ray Metcalf	Elkcam Stable
9th	Atoll	Samuel Boulmetis	Ray Metcalf	Elkcam & Chesler
10th	Rico Tesio	Manuel Ycaza	J. F. Piarulli	Briardale Farm
11th	Festival King	William Carstens	E. W. Kuykendall	C. B. Fischbach
12th	John Bruce	Kenneth Church	Charlie Sanborn	K. G. Marshall
13th	Easy Spur	Bill Hartack	Paul L. Kelley	Spring Hill Farm
14th	The Chosen One	James Combest	N. L. Haymaker	Mrs. S. H. Sadacca
15th	Our Dad	Pete D. Anderson	Hirsch Jacobs	Patrice Jacobs
16th	Die Hard	Johnny Sellers	Joe Bollero	Jacnot Stable
17th	Troilus	Chris Rogers	Charles Peoples	Bayard Sharp

↑ "Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | *Tomy Lee, 1959". Courier-journal.com. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
↑ "1959". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

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