The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1959.[1][2]
| Kentucky Derby | |
| Grade I stakes race | |
| Location | Churchill Downs |
|---|---|
| Date | May 2, 1959 |
| Winning horse | Tomy Lee |
| Jockey | Bill Shoemaker |
| Trainer | Frank E. Childs |
| Owner | Fred W. & Juliette M. Turner Jr. |
| Surface | Dirt |
← 1958
1960 →
| |
| 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 |
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