Hamilton Derby
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{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Discontinued stakes
| horse race = Hamilton Derby
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| location = Hamilton Jockey Club Racetrack,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
| inaugurated =1907
| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing
| distance = 1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 m)
| surface = Dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = 3-year-old
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The Hamilton Derby was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race first run on June 4, 1907, at the Hamilton Jockey Club Racetrack in Hamilton, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1907060501/drf1907060501_1_4 |title=Tourenne Wins Hamilton Derby |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=June 5, 1907 |accessdate=March 24, 2020}} Open to three-year-old horses of either sex, it was contested over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on dirt.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910061901/drf1910061901_1_3 |title=Hamilton Derby to Chief Kee: Crowd of 10,000 Turf Devotees See Canadian-Owned Colt Win Chief Event of Hamilton Opening |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=June 19, 1910 |accessdate=March 23, 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7 |title=Penalties in the New York Bills |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=January 18, 1908|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/14/archives/race-track-bill-defeated-in-senate-measure-modifying-directors.html|title=Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage|work=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1911|publisher=|access-date=September 2, 2017}} As a result, American owners began sending horses to compete in Canada and stalls at the Hamilton Jockey Club track were in great demand.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1911060701/drf1911060701_2_5 |title=Hamilton Stalls In Great Demand |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=June 7, 1911 |accessdate=March 24, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1911061801/drf1911061801_1_2 |title=Whist Is Derby Winner: Belmont Colt Leads Meridian And Governor Gray To Finish At Hamilton |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=June 18, 1911 |accessdate=March 25, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1914031701/drf1914031701_2_6 |title=More Money for Hamilton Derby |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=March 17, 1914 |accessdate=March 24, 2020}}
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:
- 2 – John Whalen (1911, 1913)
- 2 – William H. Bringloe (1921, 1925)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Seagram Stable (1921, 1925)
Winners
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| style="width:30px" | Year ! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:20px" | Age ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | Dist. ! style="width:25px" | Time ! style="width:25px" | Win$ |
|---|
| align=center|1926
|Token |align=center|3 |Raymond Peternell |Green Briar Stable (Frank D. Shea) |align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} |1:55.20 |$3,540 |
| align=center|1925
|align=center|3 |Bert Kennedy |align=center|1¼ |2:05.60 |$ |
| align=center|1924
|Dixie Smith |align=center|3 |F. Lee |align=center|1¼ |2:08.20 |$4,590 |
| align=center|1923
|Caladium |align=center|3 |Tom Parrington |J. B. Smith |Charles H. Hughes |align=center|1¼ |2:08.00 |$4,700 |
| align=center|1922
|Spanish Maize |align=center|3 |align=center|1¼ |2:06.20 |$4,510 |
| align=center|1921
|Golden Sphere |align=center|3 |Robert Lancaster |align=center|1¼ |2:05.80 |$4,710 |
| align=center|1920
|Paul Weidel |align=center|3 |G. A. Stack |Mose & Jake Lowenstein |align=center|1¼ |2:07.20 |$4,480 |
| style="background:#eee;"
| align=center|1919 | rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| No races held due to Government wartime rationing. |
| style="background:#eee;"
| align=center|1918 |
| align=center|1917
|Iron Cross II |align=center|3 |Roy Estep |E. J. Salt |Capt. W. J. Press |align=center|1¼ |2:13.80 |$3,770 |
| align=center|1916
|Achievement |align=center|3 |J. Metcalf |align=center|1¼ |2:06.40 |$3,760 |
| align=center|1915
|align=center|3 |George Byrne |Edward W. Heffner |align=center|1¼ |2:05.80 |$3,630 |
| align=center|1914
|Sandbar |align=center|3 |Michael J. Daly |Michael J. Daly |align=center|1¼ |2:06.00 |$3,310 |
| align=center|1913
|Buskin |align=center|3 |Robert M. Small |John Whalen |align=center|1¼ |2:05.40 |$2,290 |
| align=center|1912
|Froglegs |align=center|3 |align=center|1¼ |2:09.40 |$2,530 |
| align=center|1911
|align=center|3 |align=center|1¼ |2:05.00 |$1,950 |
| align=center|1910
|Chief Kee |align=center|3 |Phil Musgrave |Edward Gleason |John Dyment |align=center|1¼ |2:06.40 |$1,950 |
| align=center|1909
|Detective |align=center|3 |Dalton McCarthy |Woodstock Stable (Charles Boyle) |align=center|1¼ |2:08.60 |$1,450 |
| align=center|1908
|Uncle Toby |align=center|3 |John Dyment Sr. |align=center|1¼ |2:07.40 |$1,450 |
| align=center|1907
|Tourenne |align=center|3 |Eddie Kunz |Edward Whyte |Kirkfield Stable (Alex Mackenzie) |align=center|1¼ |2:10.40 |$1,450 |
References
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Category:1907 establishments in Ontario
Category:1967 disestablishments in Ontario
Category:Horse races in Ontario
Category:Discontinued horse races in Canada
Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Category:Open middle distance horse races