Ira G. "Babe" Hanford (February 24, 1918 – November 21, 2009) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse in the 1936 Kentucky Derby.

Biography

He was born in Fairbury, Nebraska, and was Jewish. He rode the winning horse

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in the 1936 Kentucky Derby. The colt he rode while still an

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was owned and bred by Morton L. Schwartz and trained by Hall of Fame inductee,

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. His career was interrupted by four years of service with the

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during

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. Ira Hanford died of cancer on November 21, 2009, in Ocala, Florida at age 91. He was the brother of Kelso's Hall of Fame trainer, Carl Hanford.

External links

* Photos of 1) Ira Hanford & Jim Braddock and 2) Carl & Ira Hanfor
Suffolk Downs

References

1918 births 2009 deaths Deaths from cancer in Florida American jockeys United States Army personnel of World War II People from Fairbury, Nebraska 20th-century American Jews Jewish American sportspeople Jews from Nebraska {{US-horseracing-bio-stub