Willie Shoemaker
The answer is Willie Shoemaker and his horse Ferdinand who won the 1986 Kentucky Derby
Ferdinand was the horse and Willie Shoemaker was the jockey.
Pleasant Colony won the 1981 Kentucky Derby with Jockey Jose Velasquez.
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The youngest Kentucky rider was an African American teenager 15 years old by the name of Alonzo Lonnie Clayton. He ran many races between 1875 and 1902. On May 11, 1892 he became the youngest rider to win in the Kentucky Derby.
Horse 'Proud Clarion', with Jockey Bobby Ussery, won the 1967 Derby.
Henry Moreno [May 12, 1930 - February 1, 2007] won the Kentucky Derby in 1953. He rode Dark Star [b. 1950] to victory. Horse and rider covered the 1-1/4 mile [2 kilometers; 10 furlongs] dirt track in 2:02.00 minutes. Out of 22 lifetime races, U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Native Dancer [March 27, 1950 - November 16, 1967] lost only one race, his Kentucky Derby bid against Dark Star.
The Louisville Jockey Club Course was where the first Kentucky Derby was held. That was the original name of the Churchill Downs racetrack, where the Derby still is being held. Whatever the name, the world-famous grounds are located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Churchill Downs is the name of the racetrack at which the Kentucky Derby is held. Louisville is the name of the big city in Kentucky where the racetrack is located. The original name of the racetrack was the Louisville Jockey Club Course.
Ferdinand.
The Louisville Jockey Club Course of Louisville, Kentucky was where the first Kentucky Derby was held. That was the former name of Churchill Downs. The date of the inaugural race was May 17, 1985.
The winning horse of the 1929 Kentucky Derby was Clyde Van Dusen. He was named after his trainer, Clyde Van Dusen (a former jockey). The jockey for the horse was Linus McAtee.