Footnotes: DERBY WINNERS 1875-2007

Year Winning Horse Owner Time

133 2007 Calvin Borel James Tafel 02:02.17 132 2006 Edgar Prado Roy & Gretchen Jackson 02:01.36 131 2005 Mike Smith Mr. & Mrs. J Moss 02:02.75 130 2004 Stewart Elliot Someday Farm 02:04.06 129 2003 Jose Santos Sackatoga Stable 02:01.19 128 2002 Victor Espinoza Corp 02:01.13 127 2001 Jorge Chavez John C. Oxley 01:59.97 126 2000 Kent Desormeaux Fusao Sekiguchi 02:01.12 125 1999 Chris Antley Bob & Beverly Lewis 02:03.29 The original parchment that 124 1998 Kent Desormeaux M. Pegram 02:02.38 the Derby winners names are 123 1997 Gary Stevens Bob & Beverly Lewis 02:02.44 recorded on comes to us from this 122 1996 Jerry Bailey Overbrook Farm 02:01.06 fantastic story of and his travels. 121 1995 Gary Stevens M. Tabor 02:01.27 120 1994 Chris McCarron Condren, Cornacchia 02:03.72 The documents discovered with 119 1993 Jerry Bailey Rokeby Stable 02:02.42 this fantastic story included 118 1992 Lil E. Tee W.C. Partee 02:03.04 among them some photographs 117 1991 Chris Antley Brophy, Condren, Cornacchia 02:03.08 that are believed to be of Fonso 116 1990 Craig Perret F A Genter Stable Inc 02:02.00 himself. Though there is no one 115 1989 Hancock III, Whittingham, Gaillard 02:05.00 who can confirm the likeness of 114 1988 Gary Stevens E.V. Klein 02:02.20 Fonso, it is believed that he may 113 1987 Chris McCarron Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer 02:03.40 have been forced to wear an eye 112 1986 Mrs. Elizabeth A Keck 02:02.80 patch according to a short bit of script from the parchment. 111 1985 Angel Cordero, Jr Hunter Farm 02:00.20 110 1984 Laffit Pincay, Jr Claiborne Farm 02:02.40 Evidently Fonso gained a passion 109 1983 Sunny’s Halo Eddie Delahoussaye D J Foster Stable 02:02.20 for birding and on an outing to 108 1982 Eddie Delahoussaye Hancock, Peters 02:02.60 catch a glimpse of the rare 107 1981 Jorge Velasquez Buckland Farm 02:02.00 pileated woodpecker he was 106 1980 Jacinto Vasquez Mrs. B.R. Firestone 02:02.00 unfortunate enough to run into 105 1979 Ron Franklin Hawksworth Farm 02:02.40 one. Literally, he had climbed 104 1978 Steve Cauthen Harbor View Farm 02:01.20 a giant seqouia in hopes of 103 1977 Karen L. Taylor 02:02.20 photographing a woodpeckers 102 1976 Angel Cordero, Jr E R Tizol 02:01.60 nest and when caught off guard 101 1975 Jacinto Vasquez John L. Greer 02:02.00 the mother woodpecker attacked and damaged his eye lens. 100 1974 Angel Cordero, Jr J.M. Olin 02:04.00 099 1973 Meadow Stable 01:59.40 The story of Fonso’s battle with 098 1972 Ron Turcotte Meadow Stable 02:01.80 the pileated warrior is what has 097 1971 Canonero ll Gustavo Avila E. Caibett 02:03.20 been most recently translated 096 1970 Mike Manganello R.E. Lehmann 02:03.40 from the deteriorated parchment 095 1969 Bill Hartack Frank McMahon 02:01.80 found on the backside of Churchill 094 1968 Ismael Valenzuela Calumet Farm 02:02.20 Downs in what has been referred 093 1967 Bobby Ussery Darby Dan Farm 02:00.60 to a the “Derby dig”. 092 1966 Don Brumfield Ford Stable 02:02.00 091 1965 Bill Shoemaker Mrs. Ada Rice 02:01.20 090 1964 Bill Hartack Windfields Farm 02:00.00 089 1963 Braulio Baeza Darby Dan Farm 02:01.80 088 1962 Bill Hartack El Peco Ranch 02:00.40 087 1961 John Sellers Mrs. Katherine Price 02:04.00 086 1960 Bill Hartack Sunny Blue Farm 02:02.40 085 1959 Bill Shoemaker M/M F. Turner Jr. 02:02.20 084 1958 Ismael Valenzuela Calumet Farm 02:05.00 083 1957 Bill Hartack Calumet Farm 02:02.20 082 1956 David Erb D & H Stable 02:03.40 081 1955 Bill Shoemaker R.C. Ellsworth 02:01.80 080 1954 Raymond York A.J. Crevolin 02:03.00 079 1953 Hank Moreno 02:02.00 078 1952 Calumet Farm 02:01.60 077 1951 Conn McCreary J.J. Amiel 02:02.60 076 1950 William Boland King Ranch 02:01.60 075 1949 Steve Brooks Calumet Farm 02:04.20 074 1948 Eddie Arcaro Calumet Farm 02:05.40 073 1947 Eric Guerin Maine Chance Farm 02:06.80 The is run every 072 1946 Warren Mehrtens King Ranch 02:06.60 first Saturday in May at Churchill 071 1945 Hoop Jr Eddie Arcaro F.W. Hooper 02:07.00 Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. 070 1944 Conn McCreary Calumet Farm 02:04.20 69 1943 Johnny Longden Mrs. John D. Hertz 02:04.00 68 1942 Wayne Wright Greentree Stable 02:04.40 67 1941 Eddie Arcaro Calumet Farm 02:01.40 66 1940 Carroll Bierman Milky Way Farm 02:05.00 65 1939 James Stout 02:03.40 64 1938 Eddie Arcaro Woolford Farm 02:04.80 63 1937 Charley Kurtsinger Glen Riddle Farms 02:03.20 62 1936 Ira Hanford M.L. Schwartz 02:03.60 The Kentucky Derby’s first winning 61 1935 Willie Saunders Belair Stud 02:05.0060 jockey, Oliver Lewis. 60 1934 Mack Garner Brookmeade Stable 02:04.0059 59 1933 Don Mead E.R. Bradley 02:06.80 The 1875 Derby was held in May 58 1932 Eugene James E.R. Bradley 02:05.20 at the newly-opened Louisville 57 1931 Charley Kurtsinger Greentree Stable 02:01.80 Jockey Club race track, now 56 1930 Earl Sande Belair Stud 02:07.60 known as Churchill Downs. 55 1929 Linus McAtee H.P. Gardner 02:10.80 Lewis’s mount was one 54 1928 Chick Lang Mrs. John D. Hertz 02:10.40 of two horses entered in the race 53 1927 Linus McAtee H.P. Whitney 02:06.00 by owner H. Price McGrath as 52 1926 Albert Johnson E.R. Bradley 02:03.80 all entries hoped of winning the 51 1925 Earl Sande G.A. Cochran 02:07.60 $2850 prize money. But it was the 50 1924 John D Mooney Mrs. R.M. Hoots 02:05.20 other horse—Chesapeake, ridden 49 1923 Earl Sande Rancocas Stable 02:05.40 by William Henry—that 48 1922 Albert Johnson Ben Block 02:04.60 was expected to win. 47 1921 Charles Thompson E.R. Bradley 02:04.20 46 1920 Ted Rice Ral Parr 02:09.00 Aristides and Chesapeake started 45 1919 Johnny Loftus J.K.L. Ross 02:09.80 the race as favorites. Aristides’ reputation for powerful starts and 44 1918 William Knapp W.S. Kilmer 02:10.80 Chesapeake’s strong finishing 43 1917 Charles Borel Billings, Johnson 02:04.60 made them the two most likely 42 1916 Johnny Loftus J. Sanford 02:04.00 contenders, but it was Volcano 41 1915 Joe Notter H.P. Whitney 02:05.40 who took the lead from the start 40 1914 John McCabe H.C. Applegate 02:03.40 and pulled away, leaving Aristides, 39 1913 T.P. Hayes 02:04.80 closely followed by Verdigris and 38 1912 Carol Shilling H.C. Hallenbeck 02:09.40 McCreary just behind. 37 1911 George Archibald R.F. Carman 02:05.00 36 1910 Fred Herbert W. Gerst 02:06.40 In the end Lewis rode Aristides to 35 1909 Vincent Powers J.B. Respess 02:08.20 victory. Lewis’s time for the mile 34 1908 Arthur Pickens C.E. & J.W. Hamilton 02:15.20 and a half long course (reduced to a mile and a quarter in 1896) was 33 1907 Andy Minder J. Hal Woodford 02:12.60 02:37:75, an American record for 32 1906 Roscoe Troxler G.J. Long 02:09.00 the distance. 31 1905 Jack Martin S.S. Brown 02:10.80 30 1904 Shorty Prior Mrs. Charles Durnell 02:08.50 29 1903 Hal Booker C.R. Ellison 02:09.00 28 1902 Alan-a-Dale T.C. McDowell 02:08.75 27 1901 Jimmy Winkfield F.B. Van Meter 02:07.75 26 1900 Lieut. Gibson Jimmy Boland Charles H. Smith 02:06.25 25 1899 Fred Taral A.H. & D.H. Morris 02:12.00 24 1898 Willie Simms J.E. Madden 02:09.00 23 1897 Typhoon ll Buttons Garner J.C. Cahn 02:12.50 22 1896 Willie Simms M.F. Dwyer 02:07.75 21 1895 Soup Perkins B. McClelland 02:37.50 20 1894 Frank Goodale Leigh, Rose 02:41.00 19 1893 E Kunze Cushing, Orth 02:39.25 18 1892 Lonnie Clayton Bashford Manor 02:41.50 17 1891 Isaac Murphy Jacobin Stable 02:52.25 16 1890 Isaac Murphy E. Corrigan 02:45.00 15 1889 Thomas Kiley Noah Armstrong 02:34.50 Fonso may never be accurately 14 1888 Macbeth ll George Covington Stable 02:38.25 identified as the mystery man with 13 1887 Isaac Lewis Labold Bros. 02:39.25 the eye patch and fancy cravat but 12 1886 Paul Duffy J.B. Haggin 02:36.50 the information gleaned from the 11 1885 Babe Henderson J.T. Williams 02:37.25 ”Derby dig” site will stand out as 10 1884 Isaac Murphy Cottrill & Brown 02:40.25 one of the most baffling stories 09 1883 Billy Donohue Chinn & Morgan 02:43.00 ever centered around the world’s 08 1882 Babe Hurd Morris, Patton 02:40.25 most legendary Thoroughbred races, the Kentucky Derby. 07 1881 Jim McLaughlin Dwyer Bros. 02:40.00 06 1880 Fonso George Lewis J.S. Shawhan 02:37.50 05 1879 Charlie Shauer G.W. Darden & Co. 02:37.00 04 1878 Jimmy Carter T.J. Nichols 02:37.25 03 1877 Baden Baden Billy Walker Daniel Swigert 02:38.00 02 1876 R Swim William Astor 02:38.25 01 1875 Aristides Oliver Lewis H.P. 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