Golden Gate Derby

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The Golden Gate Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run early each year at Golden Gate Fields set at a distance of one and one sixteenth of a mile. The Derby is open to three-year-olds.

A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000.

In its 93rd running in 2008, the race is named for San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge spanning the "Golden Gate" from Marin County to the city of San Francisco.

[edit] Winners of the Golden Gate Derby since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2005	Buzzards Bay	Mark Guidry	Jeff Mullins	Fog City Stable	1:43.69
2004	Skipaslew	Eric Saint-Martin	Doug O'Neill	Merv Griffin	1:41.84
2003	Standard Setter	Roberto Gonzalez	Jeff Bonde	Philip Lebherz/Richard Meister	1:43.76
2002	Danthebluegrassman	Joseph Steiner	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	1:43.87
2001	Hoovergetthekeys	Ron Warren, Jr.	Brian Koriner	Carl Odegaard	1:42.88

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• The Golden Gate Derby at Pedigree Query