The Bay Meadows Derby was an American

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horse race Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

for three-year-old

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of either gender on the

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Turf Course at

Bay Meadows Racetrack Bay Meadows was a horse racing track in San Mateo, California from 1934 until 2008, in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. History Built on the site of an old airfield, Bay Meadows Racecourse was the longest continually operating t ...

. Bay Meadows was in

San Mateo, California San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...

. The Bay Meadows Derby first ran in 1954 on the dirt. That year's winner of the

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won the first Bay Meadows Derby, the California-bred

Determine Determine (April 7, 1951 – September 27, 1972), was an American Thoroughbred race horse. In a racing career which lasted from 1953 through 1955, the California-trained colt ran forty-four times and won eighteen races. His best season was 1954 ...

. In 1957,

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won the race, the first of many as a three-year-old. The Derby, revived in 1978 at one and one/sixteenth mile, is a Grade III grass event set at one and one/eighth mile, and offers a purse of $100,000.

closed in 2008. There were ten final race dates run in August 2008 for the San Mateo County Fair, with the last official race occurring on August 17, 2008.

Past winners

* 2007 - Unusual Suspect (

Kyle Kaenel Kyle or Kyles may refer to: Places Canada * Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada Ireland * Kyle, County Laois * Kyle, County Wexford Scotland * Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...

) * 2006 - Proudinsky (Ger.) (

Patrick Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962, in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first ...

) * 2005 - Race Not Run * 2004 - Congressionalhonor (

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) * 2003 - Stanley Park (Eric Saint-Martin) * 2002 - Royal Gem (Russell Baze) * 2001 - Blue Stellar * 2000 - Walkslikeaduck (

Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye (born September 21, 1951) is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana. He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins. He has won the Kentucky Derby in ...

) * 1999 - Mula Gula (Rafael Meza) * 1998 - Takarian * 1997 - Shellbacks * 1996 - Ocean Queen * 1995 - Virginia Carnival * 1994 - Marvins Faith * 1993 - Ranger * 1992 - Star Recruit * 1991 - Bistro Garden * 1990 - Sekondi * 1989 - Irish * 1988 - Coax Me Clyde * 1987 - Hot and Smoggy * 1986 - Le Belvedere * 1985 - Minutes Away * 1984 - Mangaki * 1983 - Interco * 1982 - Ask Me * 1981 - Silveyville * 1980 - Fleet Tempo (Roberto Gonzalez) * 1979 - Nain Bleu * 1978 - Quip * Race Not Run * 1957 - Round Table * 1954 - Determine

External links

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Bay Meadows Racetrack Graded stakes races in the United States Horse races in California Turf races in the United States Flat horse races for three-year-olds Recurring sporting events established in 1954 Recurring events disestablished in 2007 1954 establishments in California 2007 disestablishments in California