1959 Kentucky Derby

85th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	May 2, 1959
Winning horse	Tomy Lee
Jockey	Bill Shoemaker
Trainer	Frank E. Childs
Owner	Fred W. & Juliette M. Turner Jr.
Surface	Dirt
	← 1958 1960 →

Last updated June 19, 2022

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

Winning breeder: Captain David H. Wills (U.K.)

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References

↑ "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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