Hamilton Derby

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Hamilton Derby
Discontinued stakes race
Location,
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 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 runnerup , Richard Wilson Jr.'s Naushon, as well as the colt Pagod, owned by , 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:

  • 2 – Seagram Stable (1921, 1925)

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 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 & 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 1¼ 2:06.40 $3,760
1915 The Finn 3 George Byrne Edward W. Heffner 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 1¼ 2:05.40 $2,290
1912 Froglegs 3 James Butwell 1¼ 2:09.40 $2,530
1911 Whist 3 Eddie Dugan 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 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. 1907-06-05. Retrieved 2020-03-24 – 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. 1910-06-19. Retrieved 2020-03-23 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – 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. 1911-06-07. Retrieved 2020-03-24 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ^ "Whist Is Derby Winner: Belmont Colt Leads Meridian And Governor Gray To Finish At Hamilton". Daily Racing Form. 1911-06-18. Retrieved 2020-03-25 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ^ "More Money for Hamilton Derby". Daily Racing Form. 1914-03-17. Retrieved 2020-03-24 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
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