1979 Kentucky Derby

The 1979 Kentucky Derby was the 105th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1979.^[1]^[2]

Full results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1st	4	Spectacular Bid	Ron Franklin	Bud Delp	Hawksworth Farm
2nd	1	General Assembly	Laffit Pincay Jr.	LeRoy Jolley	Bertram R. Firestone
3rd	2	Golden Act	Sandy Hawley	Loren Rettele	William H. Oldknow and Robert W. Phipps
4th	7	King Celebrity	Cash Asmussen	Robert J. Taylor	Che-Bar Stable
5th	8	Flying Paster	Donald R. Pierce	Gordon C. Campbell	Bernard J. Ridder
6th	6	Screen King	Angel Cordero Jr.	Luis Barrera	Flying Zee Stable
7th	1a	Sir Ivor Again	Don MacBeth	LeRoy Jolley	Mrs. T. Christopher
8th	5	Shamgo	Frank Olivares	John Sullivan	Rogers Red Top Inc.
9th	9	Lot O' Gold	Donald Brumfield	W. E. Adams	F.E. Lehmann
10th	3	Great Redeemer	Richard Depass	J. A. Mohamed	Mr. and Mrs. J. Mohamed

↑ Eskenazi, Gerald (2003-06-11). "HORSE RACING - Spectacular Bid Is Dead at Age 27 - Crown Attempt Was Foiled by a Pin". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
↑ "1979". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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