1959 Kentucky Derby
# 1959 Kentucky Derby

The 1959 Kentucky Derby was the 85th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1959.

## Full results

| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 8 | Tomy Lee | Bill Shoemaker | Frank E. Childs | Fred W. & Juliette M. Turner Jr. |
| 2nd | 10 | Sword Dancer | William Boland | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable |
| 3rd | 4 | First Landing | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable |
| 4th | 11 | Royal Orbit | William Harmatz | Reggie Cornell | Halina Gregory Braunstein |
| 5th | 5 | Silver Spoon | Raymond York | Robert L. Wheeler | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| 6th | 7 | Finnegan | Johnny Longden | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy |
| 7th | 12 | Dunce | Steve Brooks | Moody S. Jolley | Claiborne Farm |
| 8th | 1A | Open View | Karl Korte | Raymond F. Metcalf | Elkcam Stable (Mackle brothers) |
| 9th | 1 | Atoll | Samuel Boulmetis | Raymond F. Metcalf | Elkcam Stable (Mackle brothers) & Lou Chesler |
| 10th | 3 | Rico Tesio | Manuel Ycaza | Joseph F. Piarulli | Briardale Farm (Anthony Imbesi) |
| 11th | 16 | Festival King | William Carstens | E. William Kuykendall | Cecil B. Fischbach |
| 12th | 9 | John Bruce | Kenneth Church | Charles P. Sanborn | Kenneth G. Marshall |
| 13th | 6 | Easy Spur | Bill Hartack | Paul L. Kelley | Spring Hill Farm |
| 14th | 17 | The Chosen One | Jimmy Combest | Norman L. Haymaker | Mrs. S. Helene Sadacca |
| 15th | 2 | Our Dad | Pete D. Anderson | Hirsch Jacobs | Patrice Jacobs |
| 16th | 15 | Die Hard | Johnny Sellers | Joseph M. Bollero | Jacnot Stable (Jack R. Hogan) |
| 17th | 13 | Troilus | Chris Rogers | Charles Peoples | Bayard Sharp |

* Winning breeder: Captain David H. Wills (U.K.)
