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85^th Kentucky Derby
1959 - Tomy Lee
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Race Summary :24 1/5, :47 3/5, 1:11 3/5, 1:36, 2:02 1/5. Track fast. Winner - B.c. by *Tudor Minstrel - Auld Alliance, by Brantome. Trained by Frank Childs; bred in England by D.H. Wills. $2 mutuels paid - *Tomy Lee, $9.40 straight, $4.80 place, $3.80 show; Sword Dancer, $9.00 place, $6.20 show; First Landing, $4.00 show. $163,750 gross value and $5,000 Gold Cup. Net to winner $119,650; second $25,000; third $12,500; fourth $5,000. 130 nominations.

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Race Footnotes

Horse	Finish	Jockey	Owner	Breeder	Trainer
Tomy Lee	1st	William Shoemaker	Mr. & Mrs. Fred Turner, Jr.	D. H. Wills	Frank E. Childs
Sword Dancer	2nd	William Boland	Brookmeade Farm	Brookmeade Stable	J. Elliott Burch
First Landing	3rd	Eddie Arcaro	Meadow Stable	Christopher T. Chenery	J. H. Hayes
Royal Orbit	4th	William Harmatz	Estate of Jacques Braunstein	Louis B. Mayer	Reggie Cornell
Silver Spoon	5th	Raymond York	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney	Robert Wheeler
Finnegan	6th	John Longden	Neil S. McCarthy	Neil S. McCarthy	William B. Finnegan
Dunce	7th	Steve Brooks	Claiborne Farm	Claiborne Farm	Moody Jolley
Open View	8th	Karl Korte	Elkcam Stable	Tilford Wilson & Carl T. Hottston	Ray Metcalf
Atoll	9th	Samuel Boulmetis	Elkcam & Chesler	Four Way Ranch	Ray Metcalf
Rico Tesio	10th	Manuel Ycaza	Briardale Farm	Shawnee Farm	J. F. Piarulli
Festival King	11th	William Carstens	Cecil B. Fischbach	C. B. Fischbach	E. W. Kuykendall
John Bruce	12th	Kenneth Church	K. G. Marshall	Lewis J. Tutt	Charlie Sanborn
Easy Spur	13th	William Hartack	Spring Hill Farm	James D. Norris	Paul L. Kelley
The Chosen One	14th	James Combest	Mrs. S. Helene Sadacca	Robert Herren	N. L. Haymaker
Our Dad	15th	Pete Anderson	Patrice Jacobs	Isidore Bieber & Hirsch Jacobs	Hirsch Jacobs
Die Hard	16th	John Sellers	Jacnot Stable	Mrs. George L. Harrison	Joe Bollero
Troilus	17th	Christopher Rogers	Bayard Sharp	Herschel Weil	Charles Peoples

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Start good, won driving. *TOMY LEE snugged in off early pace of TROILUS, moved from between horses with SWORD DANCER to assume a slight advantage at half-mile ground, continued slightly wide to be headed on final bend, responded to strong handling and while drifting out, and being carried in, through stretch run he proved narrowly best. *TOMY LEE survived a claim of foul lodged by rider of runner-up for allegedly having carried that one wide from 5/16ths marker to final sixteenth. SWORD DANCER moved to a contending position along outside at once, continued wide to move readily and take command nearing final quarter mile, was carried wide into stretch to continue to show the way and while lugging tin he just failed to last. FIRST LANDING loomed up boldly when called upon entering stretch, but could not improve his position. ROYAL ORBIT commenced to make a move after three-quarters but his bold stretch bid was not quite good enough. SILVER SPOON moved rapidly in run down back stretch to leaders to maintain a striking position in midstretch where she could not gain under further pressure. FINNEGAN appeared to have no excuse in an even effort. DUNCE was never a factor. OPEN VIEW dripped back steadily after showing early speed as did ATOLL. JOHN BRUCE lost all chance when caught between horses at the start and went to his knees. EASY SPUR was far back throughout. OUR DAD lacked his customary closing rally. TROILUS stopped badly after cutting out a swift pace. Scratched - On-And-On. (*Foreign Bred)

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