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Tennessee Derby

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Tennessee Derby
Discontinued stakes race
LocationMemphis Fairgrounds
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Inaugurated1884
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+12 miles (1884–1886),
1+18 miles (1890–1906)
SurfaceDirt
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightColts, 122 lbs.; Geldings, 119; Fillies, 117 (1905 conditions)[1]
PurseVariable ($625–9,440)

The Tennessee Derby is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race that was run annually from 1884 to 1886 and then 1890–1906 at the Montgomery Park Race Track located on the Memphis Fairgrounds in Tennessee.[2] The Tennessee Derby rivaled the Kentucky Derby at the time for prestige and purse money, but was not reinstated after a gambling ban took effect in 1907.[3] Kentucky Derby winners Joe Cotton and Agile also won the Tennessee Derby.

The final edition of the Tennessee Derby was run on April 24, 1906 and was won by Lady Navarre. [4]

Records

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Speed record: (at 1-1/8 miles)

  • 1:55.75 - Berclair (1896)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Hiram J. Scoggan (1891, 1900)
  • 2 - Dr. Edwin F. McLean (1894, 1896)
  • 2 - Samuel S. Brown (1904, 1905)

Winners

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win$
1906 Lady Navarre Tommy Burns George P. Brazier Charles R. Ellison 118 M 1:56.25 $9,440
1905 Agile Jack Martin Robert Tucker Samuel S. Brown 118 M 1:58.00 $8,885
1904 Proceeds Arthur Helgesen Robert Tucker Samuel S. Brown 118 M 2:02.50 $4,730
1903 Claude J. Daly Michael J. Daly Michael J. Daly 118 M 1:58.50 $5,625
1902 Abe Frank Willie Coburn Henry McDaniel George C. Bennett 118 M 1:57.50 $4,550
1901 Royal Victor James Winkfield Thomas P. Hayes Thomas P. Hayes 118 M 1:57.00 $5,360
1900 Florizar Clyde Van Dusen Hiram J. Scoggan Hiram J. Scoggan 118 M 2:00.00 $4,895
1899 May Hempstead Nash Turner H. Eugene Leigh Hal Pettit Headley & W. P. Norton 118 M 1:57.75 $6,260
1898 Lieber Karl Tommy Burns George Walker John W. Schorr 118 M 1:57.75 $4,120
1897 Buckvidere Robert "Tiny" Williams Julius C. Cahn Abe Cahn 118 M 1:56.25 $4,125
1896 Berclair Charles A. Thorpe Tom Blackburn Dr. Edwin F. McLean 118 M 1:55.75 $4,125
1895 Fandango Willie Martin William McDaniel John W. Orth 118 M 1:59.25 $3,950
1894 Jamboree J. Davis Dr. Edwin F. McLean 118 M 2:09.25 $4,125
1893 Calhoun Eddie Kunze William McDaniel John E. Cushing & John W. Orth 118 M 2:04.50 $2,490
1892 Tom Elliott Tommy Britton J. M. Brown 118 M 2:03.75 $1,940
1891 Vallera Tommy Britton Enoch Wishard Scoggin Bros. (Hiram J., George W., John) 118 M 2:00.00 $2,090
1890 Robespierre S. Francis H. Eugene Leigh George V. Hankins 118 M 2:00.00 $1,790
1887 - 1889 Race not held
1886 Jim Gray Nash Turner John S. Campbell Gray & Co. 112 M 2:44.00 $755
1885 Joe Cotton Erskine Henderson Abraham Perry James T. Williams 112 M 2:42.75 $800
1884 Ten Strike Yetman Walter B. Jennings Walter B. Jennings 112 M 2:48.25 $625

References

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  1. ^ Goodwin's Annual Official Turf Guide for 1905, Volume 1, p. 395
  2. ^ "Tennessee Derby Winners". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1903-04-08. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  3. ^ Daily Racing Form. April 4, 1921.
  4. ^ "Lady Navarre's Tennessee Derby". New York Times. 1906-04-25. Retrieved 2018-10-05.