Hamilton Derby

Hamilton Derby
Discontinued stakes race
LocationHamilton Jockey Club Racetrack,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1907
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 m)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualification3-year-old

The Hamilton Derby was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race first run on June 4, 1907, at the Hamilton Jockey Club Racetrack in Hamilton, Ontario.[1] Open to three-year-old horses of either sex, it was contested over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on dirt.[2]

Historical notes

The first four editions of the Hamilton Derby were won by Canadian-owned horses but passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation in 1908 by the New York Legislature led to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in that state.[3][4] As a result, American owners began sending horses to compete in Canada and stalls at the Hamilton Jockey Club track were in great demand.[5] The Hamilton Derby of 1911 saw only five starters, all of which were owned by Americans. Leading the way was Kentucky Derby winner Meridian plus the Derby runner-up Governor Gray, Richard Wilson Jr.'s Naushon, as well as the colt Pagod, owned by Lily A. Livingston, the former proprietor of the Rancocas Stud Farm and racing stable. It would be August Belmont Jr.'s Whist who would win the race under jockey Eddie Dugan.[6] With American stables then competing regularly in the Hamilton Derby, it earned a good reputation as confirmed by a March 17, 1914 Daily Racing Form report that it was "always one of the great three-year-old races of the season" in Canada.[7]

Records

Speed record:

  • 2:05 flat @ 1¼ : Whist (1911)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • no jockey won this race more than once.

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win$
1926 Token 3 Raymond Peternell Bert S. Michell Green Briar Stable (Frank D. Shea) 11⁄8 1:55.20 $3,540
1925 Edisto 3 Bert Kennedy William H. Bringloe Edward F. Seagram 1¼ 2:05.60 $
1924 Dixie Smith 3 F. Lee Preston M. Burch Preston M. Burch 1¼ 2:08.20 $4,590
1923 Caladium 3 Tom Parrington J. B. Smith Charles H. Hughes 1¼ 2:08.00 $4,700
1922 Spanish Maize 3 Clarence Turner Henry McDaniel J. K. L. Ross 1¼ 2:06.20 $4,510
1921 Golden Sphere 3 Robert Lancaster William H. Bringloe Seagram Stable 1¼ 2:05.80 $4,710
1920 Paul Weidel 3 G. A. Stack Mose Lowenstein Mose & Jake Lowenstein 1¼ 2:07.20 $4,480
1919 No races held due to Government wartime rationing.
1918
1917 Iron Cross II 3 Roy Estep E. J. Salt Capt. W. J. Press 1¼ 2:13.80 $3,770
1916 Achievement 3 J. Metcalf Richard F. Carman Sr. Wifrid Viau 1¼ 2:06.40 $3,760
1915 The Finn 3 George Byrne Edward W. Heffner Harry C. Hallenbeck 1¼ 2:05.80 $3,630
1914 Sandbar 3 Eddie Ambrose Michael J. Daly Michael J. Daly 1¼ 2:06.00 $3,310
1913 Buskin 3 Robert M. Small John Whalen John Whalen 1¼ 2:05.40 $2,290
1912 Froglegs 3 James Butwell John F. Schorr John W. Schorr 1¼ 2:09.40 $2,530
1911 Whist 3 Eddie Dugan John Whalen August Belmont Jr. 1¼ 2:05.00 $1,950
1910 Chief Kee 3 Phil Musgrave Edward Gleason John Dyment 1¼ 2:06.40 $1,950
1909 Detective 3 Dalton McCarthy Charles Boyle Woodstock Stable (Charles Boyle) 1¼ 2:08.60 $1,450
1908 Uncle Toby 3 Dave Nicol John Dyment Jr. John Dyment Sr. 1¼ 2:07.40 $1,450
1907 Tourenne 3 Eddie Kunz Edward Whyte Kirkfield Stable (Alex Mackenzie) 1¼ 2:10.40 $1,450

References

  1. ^ "Tourenne Wins Hamilton Derby". Daily Racing Form. June 5, 1907. Retrieved March 24, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "Hamilton Derby to Chief Kee: Crowd of 10,000 Turf Devotees See Canadian-Owned Colt Win Chief Event of Hamilton Opening". Daily Racing Form. June 19, 1910. Retrieved March 23, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. January 18, 1908. Retrieved October 26, 2018 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ^ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Hamilton Stalls In Great Demand". Daily Racing Form. June 7, 1911. Retrieved March 24, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ^ "Whist Is Derby Winner: Belmont Colt Leads Meridian And Governor Gray To Finish At Hamilton". Daily Racing Form. June 18, 1911. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ^ "More Money for Hamilton Derby". Daily Racing Form. March 17, 1914. Retrieved March 24, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.