Arkansas Derby

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Grade II race
Arkansas Derby

Location	Oaklawn Park Race Track Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Inaugurated	1936
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg) Filly: 121 lbs. (54.9 kg)
Purse	US$1,000,000

The Arkansas Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The Arkansas Derby is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt. A Grade II stakes race, it offers a purse of $1,000,000.

The inaugural Arkansas Derby in 1936 offered a total purse of $5,000. The first winner was Holl Image, owned and trained by Jack Carter.

Past winners have gone on to win American Classic Races such as 1980 winner Temperence Hill and 1998's Victory Gallop who both went on to capture the Belmont Stakes, plus Sunny's Halo won the 1983 Kentucky Derby as did Smarty Jones in 2004, and Elocutionist (1976), Tank's Prospect (1985), and Pine Bluff (1992) all won the Preakness Stakes. The 1994 winner, Concern, won that year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

In 2004, Oaklawn Park offered a $5 million bonus to any horse that could sweep the Oaklawn three-year-old graded stakes schedule: Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby, and then take the Kentucky Derby. This helped increased particiaption from the top three-year-olds in the country to the point where the winners of four of the last nine Triple Crown races won the Arkansas Derby. Smarty Jones captured this feat the same year it was introduced.

The race was run in two divisions in 1960.

[edit] Records

Speed record:

1:46.80 - Althea (1984)

Most wins by a jockey:

3 - Pat Day (1986, 1987, 1997)

Most wins by a trainer:

Eleven trainers have won this race twice.

Most wins by an owner:

3 - Loblolly Stable (1980, 1987, 1992)

[edit] Winners of the Arkansas Derby

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Gayego	Mike E. Smith	Paulo Lobo	Cubanacan Stables	1:49.63
2007	Curlin	Robby Albarado	Steve Asmussen	Midnight Cry Stables et al	1:50.00
2006	Lawyer Ron	John McKee	Robert E. Holthus	James T. Hines, Jr.	1:51.38
2005	Afleet Alex	Jeremy Rose	Tim Ritchey	Cash Is King Stable	1:48.80
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Roy & Patricia Chapman	1:49.41
2003	Sir Cherokee	Terry J. Thompson	Michael Tomlinson	Domino Stud	1:48.39
2002	Private Emblem	Donnie J. Meche	Steve Asmussen	James Cassels/Bob Zollars	1:50.20
2001	Balto Star	Mark Guidry	Todd Pletcher	Anstu Stables	1:49.00
2000	Graeme Hall	Robby Albarado	Todd Pletcher	Eugene & Laura Melnyk	1:49.00
1999	Certain +	Kent Desormeaux	Leo Azpurua, Jr.	B.& J.Williams	1:49.20
1998	Victory Gallop	Alex Solis	W. Elliott Walden	Prestonwood Farm	1:49.80
1997	Crypto Star	Pat Day	Wayne Catalano	Darrell & Evelyn Yates	1:49.20
1996	Zarb's Magic	Ronald Ardoin	Bert Thomas	Foxwood Plantation	1:49.20
1995	Dazzling Falls	Garrett Gomez	Chuck Turco	Chateau Ridge Farm	1:50.60
1994	Concern	Garrett Gomez	Richard W. Small	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1:48.00
1993	Rockamundo	Calvin Borel	O. J. Glass, Jr.	Gary & Mary West	1:48.00
1992	Pine Bluff	Jerry D. Bailey	Thomas Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1:49.40
1991	Olympio	Ed Delahoussaye	Ron McAnally	V.H.W. Stables	1:47.60
1990	Silver Ending	Gary L. Stevens	Ron McAnally	R. McAnally & A. Costanzo	1:48.00
1989	Dansil	Larry Snyder	Frank L. Brothers	John A. Franks	1:49.20
1988	Proper Reality	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert E. Holthus	Mrs. James A. Winn	1:48.40
1987	Demons Begone	Pat Day	Philip Hauswald	Loblolly Stable	1:47.60
1986	Rampage	Pat Day	Gary A. Thomas	Nancy & John Reed	1:48.20
1985	Tank's Prospect	Gary L. Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:48.40
1984	Althea	Pat Valenzuela	D. Wayne Lukas	Helen C. Alexander et al	1:46.80
1983	Sunny's Halo	Ed Delahoussaye	David C. Cross, Jr.	David J. Foster	1:49.40
1982	Hostage	Jeffrey Fell	Willard C. Freeman	Mrs. P. Hexter	1:51.60
1981	Bold Ego	John L. Lively	D. Werre	Double B. Ranch/J. Kidd	1:50.40
1980	Temperence Hill	Darrell Haire	Joseph B. Cantey	Loblolly Stable	1:50.60
1979	Golden Act	Sandy Hawley	Loren Rettele	Oldknow & Phipps	1:50.00
1978	Esops Foibles	Chris McCarron	Loren Rettele	Jerry Frankel	1:52.20
1977	Clever Tell	Ray Broussard	Homer Pardue	J. R. Straus/I. Proler	1:50.60
1976	Elocutionist	John L. Lively	Paul T. Adwell	Eugene C. Cashman	1:49.20
1975	Promised City	David E. Whited	Larry Spraker	Big I. Farm	1:51.80
1974	J.R.'s Pet	Darrel McHargue	Harold Tinker	W. Cal Partee	1:50.60
1973	Impecunious	Jorge Velasquez	George R. Handy	Mrs. R. L. Feinberg	1:49.60
1972	No Le Hace	Phil Rubbicco	Homer Pardue	Joseph W. Strauss	1:48.80
1971	Twist The Axe	Garth Patterson	George T. Poole	Pastorale Stable	1:49.20
1970	Herbalist	Jimmy Nichols	Roy J. Glllem	Greentree Stable	1:50.20
1969	Traffic Mark	Phil I. Grimm	Ronnie Warren	M/M R. F. Roberts	1:50.60
1968	Nodouble	William McKeever	J. Bert Sonnier	Verna Lea Farm	1:50.00
1967	Monitor	Jimmy Nichols	Harry Trotsek	Claiborne Farm	1:48.60
1966	Better Sea	Johnny Sellers	B. Heap	Scottdale Farm	1:49.20
1965	Swift Ruler	Larry Spraker	Gin L. Collins	Earl Allen	1:52.20
1964	Prince Davelle	Charlie Burr	Doug M. Davis, Jr.	George M. Holtsinger	1:51.40
1963	Cosmic Tip	Robert Mundorf	E. Mahoney	River Divide Farm	1:50.40
1962	Areopolis	Robert L. Baird	Harold Tinker	A. Muckler	1:49.60
1961	Light Talk	Robert Nono	Steve Ippolito	Jacnot Stable	1:50.20
1960	Spring Broker	E. Curry	Marion Van Berg	Marion Van Berg	1:54.40
1960	Persian Gold	John Combest	Monte D. Parke	Janes-Tuckahoe Farm	1:53.00
1959	Al Davelle	Ronnie Baldwin	D. Howell	Smith/Moulder/Oldham	1:48.80
1958	Count Deblanc	Johnny Sellers	C. C. Norman	C. & J. Riedinger	1:53.80
1957	Kentucky Roman	John Delahoussaye	N. A. McMaster	R. Lowe	1:49.60
1956	Johns Chic	John L. Rotz	L. Fischer	Mrs. E. Muckler	1:51.20
1955	Trim Destiny	L. C. Cook	C. Locklear	G. White	1:49.60
1954	Timely Tip	Howard Craig	Reid Armstrong	A. L. Birch	1:49.80
1953	Curragh King	John Adams	J. Wallace	E. Goemans	1:49.60
1952	Gushing Oil	Alfred Popara	Joe Jansen	Sam E. Wilson, Jr	1:49.20
1951	Ruhe	Job Dean Jessop	Robert McGarvey	Emil Denemark	1:51.00
1950	Big Ike	Harold Keene	C. Locklear	C. Buckley	1:52.00
1949	Cacomo	Billie Fisk	A. Williams	Endovina & Kontos	1:54.60
1948	Fertile Lands	Paul Glidewell	M. Barton	Grissom & Sherman	1:51.00
1947	Fleetridge	Arthur Craig	Roy J. Gillem	Mrs. K. Maxwell	1:51.40
1946	Bob Murphy	Wendell Eads	C. Sanborn	D. Ferguson	1:51.80
1944	Challenge Me	Anthony Skoronski	Dan Cataldo	Brolite Farm	1:50.20
1943	Seven Hearts	John Adams	W. G. Sparks	Brown Hotel Stable	1:52.20
1942	With Regards	Johnny Longden	T. D. Grimes	T. D. Grimes	1:50.00
1941	He Rolls	P. Mills	V. Noyes	V. Noyes	1:52.60
1940	Super Chief	J. Richard	Dave Womeldorff	Mrs. Emil Denemark	1:52.20
1939	Ariel Toy	Lee Hardy	H. W. Jackson	H. W. Jackson	1:52.40
1938	Tiger	Alfred Robertson	Robert McGarvey	Milky Way Farm	1:50.80
1937	Eastport	R. Hightshoe	E. Russell	Mrs. V. Wyse	1:50.80
1936	Holl Image	H. Fisher	Jack Carter	Jack Carter	1:53.40