Tennessee Derby

{{Infobox horseraces

| class = Discontinued stakes

| horse race = Tennessee Derby

| image =

| caption =

| location = Memphis Fairgrounds
Memphis, Tennessee, United States

| inaugurated = 1884

| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing

| website =

| distance = {{frac|1|1|2}} miles (1884–1886),
{{frac|1|1|8}} miles (1890–1906)

| surface = Dirt

| track =

| qualification = Three-year-olds

| weight = Colts, 122 lbs.; Geldings, 119; Fillies, 117 (1905 conditions)Goodwin's Annual Official Turf Guide for 1905, Volume 1, p. 395

| purse = Variable ($625–9,440)

| bonuses =

}}

The Tennessee Derby is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race that was run annually from 1884 to 1886 and then 1890–1906 at the Montgomery Park Race Track located on the Memphis Fairgrounds in Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1903040801/drf1903040801_4_1 |title=Tennessee Derby Winners |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1903-04-08 |accessdate=2018-12-03}} The Tennessee Derby rivaled the Kentucky Derby at the time for prestige and purse money, but was not reinstated after a gambling ban took effect in 1907.Daily Racing Form. [http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1920s;cc=drf1920s;g=drf;xc=1;q1=tennessee%20derby;rgn=full%20text;idno=drf1921040401;didno=drf1921040401;view=pdf;seq=1_4;node=drf1921040401%3A1.4;passterms=1 April 4, 1921.] Kentucky Derby winners Joe Cotton and Agile also won the Tennessee Derby.

The final edition of the Tennessee Derby was run on April 24, 1906 and was won by Lady Navarre.

{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/04/25/archives/lady-navarres-tennessee-derby.html |title=Lady Navarre's Tennessee Derby |work=New York Times |date=1906-04-25 |accessdate=2018-10-05}}

Records

Speed record: (at 1-1/8 miles)

1:55.75 - Berclair (1896)

Most wins by a jockey:

2 - Nash Turner (1886, 1899)
2 - Tommy Britton (1891, 1892)
2 - Tommy Burns (1898, 1906)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Hiram J. Scoggan (1891, 1900)
2 - Dr. Edwin F. McLean (1894, 1896)
2 - Samuel S. Brown (1904, 1905)

Winners

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
style="width:30px" \| Year ! style="width:100px" \| Winner ! style="width:110px" \| Jockey ! style="width:125px" \| Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" \| Dist. (Miles) ! style="width:25px" \| Time ! style="width:25px" \| Win$
align=center\|1906 \| Lady Navarre \| Tommy Burns \| George P. Brazier \| Charles R. Ellison \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:56.25 \|align=center\|$9,440
align=center\|1905 \| Agile \| Jack Martin \| Robert Tucker \| Samuel S. Brown \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:58.00 \|align=center\|$8,885
align=center\|1904 \| Proceeds \| Arthur Helgesen \| Robert Tucker \| Samuel S. Brown \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:02.50 \|align=center\|$4,730
align=center\|1903 \| Claude \| J. Daly \| Michael J. Daly \| Michael J. Daly \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:58.50 \|align=center\|$5,625
align=center\|1902 \| Abe Frank \| Willie Coburn \| Henry McDaniel \| George C. Bennett \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:57.50 \|align=center\|$4,550
align=center\|1901 \| Royal Victor \| James Winkfield \| Thomas P. Hayes \| Thomas P. Hayes \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:57.00 \|align=center\|$5,360
align=center\|1900 \| Florizar \| Clyde Van Dusen \| Hiram J. Scoggan \| Hiram J. Scoggan \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:00.00 \|align=center\|$4,895
align=center\|1899 \| May Hempstead \| Nash Turner \| H. Eugene Leigh \| Hal Pettit Headley & W. P. Norton \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:57.75 \|align=center\|$6,260
align=center\|1898 \| Lieber Karl \| Tommy Burns \| George Walker \| John W. Schorr \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:57.75 \|align=center\|$4,120
align=center\|1897 \| Buckvidere \| Robert "Tiny" Williams \| Julius C. Cahn \| Abe Cahn \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:56.25 \|align=center\|$4,125
align=center\|1896 \| Berclair \| Charles A. Thorpe \| Tom Blackburn \| Dr. Edwin F. McLean \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:55.75 \|align=center\|$4,125
align=center\|1895 \| Fandango \| Willie Martin \| William McDaniel \| John W. Orth \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|1:59.25 \|align=center\|$3,950
align=center\|1894 \| Jamboree \| J. Davis \| \| Dr. Edwin F. McLean \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:09.25 \|align=center\|$4,125
align=center\|1893 \| Calhoun \| Eddie Kunze \| William McDaniel \| John E. Cushing & John W. Orth \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:04.50 \|align=center\|$2,490
align=center\|1892 \| Tom Elliott \| Tommy Britton \| \| J. M. Brown \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:03.75 \|align=center\|$1,940
align=center\|1891 \| Vallera \| Tommy Britton \| Enoch Wishard \| Scoggin Bros. (Hiram J., George W., John) \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:00.00 \|align=center\|$2,090
align=center\|1890 \| Robespierre \| S. Francis \| H. Eugene Leigh \| George V. Hankins \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|8}} M \|align=center\|2:00.00 \|align=center\|$1,790
bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|align=center\|1887 \| - 1889 \|align=center colspan=8\| Race not held
align=center\|1886 \| Jim Gray \| Nash Turner \| John S. Campbell \| Gray & Co. \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|2}} M \|align=center\|2:44.00 \|align=center\|$755
align=center\|1885 \| Joe Cotton \| Erskine Henderson \| Abraham Perry \| James T. Williams \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|2}} M \|align=center\|2:42.75 \|align=center\|$800
align=center\|1884 \| Ten Strike \| Yetman \| Walter B. Jennings \| Walter B. Jennings \|align=center\|1{{Frac\|1\|2}} M \|align=center\|2:48.25 \|align=center\|$625

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

style="width:30px" | Year

! style="width:100px" | Winner

! style="width:110px" | Jockey

! style="width:125px" | Trainer

! Owner

! style="width:25px" | Dist.
(Miles)

! style="width:25px" | Time

! style="width:25px" | Win$

align=center|1906

| Lady Navarre

| Tommy Burns

| George P. Brazier

| Charles R. Ellison

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:56.25

|align=center|$9,440

align=center|1905

| Agile

| Jack Martin

| Robert Tucker

| Samuel S. Brown

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:58.00

|align=center|$8,885

align=center|1904

| Proceeds

| Arthur Helgesen

| Robert Tucker

| Samuel S. Brown

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:02.50

|align=center|$4,730

align=center|1903

| Claude

| J. Daly

| Michael J. Daly

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:58.50

|align=center|$5,625

align=center|1902

| Abe Frank

| Willie Coburn

| Henry McDaniel

| George C. Bennett

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:57.50

|align=center|$4,550

align=center|1901

| Royal Victor

| James Winkfield

| Thomas P. Hayes

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:57.00

|align=center|$5,360

align=center|1900

| Florizar

| Clyde Van Dusen

| Hiram J. Scoggan

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:00.00

|align=center|$4,895

align=center|1899

| May Hempstead

| Nash Turner

| H. Eugene Leigh

| Hal Pettit Headley & W. P. Norton

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:57.75

|align=center|$6,260

align=center|1898

| Lieber Karl

| Tommy Burns

| George Walker

| John W. Schorr

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:57.75

|align=center|$4,120

align=center|1897

| Buckvidere

| Robert "Tiny" Williams

| Julius C. Cahn

| Abe Cahn

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:56.25

|align=center|$4,125

align=center|1896

| Berclair

| Charles A. Thorpe

| Tom Blackburn

| Dr. Edwin F. McLean

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:55.75

|align=center|$4,125

align=center|1895

| Fandango

| Willie Martin

| William McDaniel

| John W. Orth

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|1:59.25

|align=center|$3,950

align=center|1894

| Jamboree

| J. Davis

| Dr. Edwin F. McLean

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:09.25

|align=center|$4,125

align=center|1893

| Calhoun

| Eddie Kunze

| William McDaniel

| John E. Cushing & John W. Orth

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:04.50

|align=center|$2,490

align=center|1892

| Tom Elliott

| Tommy Britton

| J. M. Brown

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:03.75

|align=center|$1,940

align=center|1891

| Vallera

| Tommy Britton

| Enoch Wishard

| Scoggin Bros. (Hiram J., George W., John)

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:00.00

|align=center|$2,090

align=center|1890

| Robespierre

| S. Francis

| H. Eugene Leigh

| George V. Hankins

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|8}} M

|align=center|2:00.00

|align=center|$1,790

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|align=center|1887

| - 1889

|align=center colspan=8| Race not held

align=center|1886

| Jim Gray

| Nash Turner

| John S. Campbell

| Gray & Co.

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|2}} M

|align=center|2:44.00

|align=center|$755

align=center|1885

| Joe Cotton

| Erskine Henderson

| Abraham Perry

| James T. Williams

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|2}} M

|align=center|2:42.75

|align=center|$800

align=center|1884

| Ten Strike

| Yetman

| Walter B. Jennings

|align=center|1{{Frac|1|2}} M

|align=center|2:48.25

|align=center|$625

References

[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E0D61E3AE733A25756C0A9629C946597D6CF April 5, 1904 New York Times article on Proceeds winning the Tennessee Derby]

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