The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1959.
Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 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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