1979 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 105th Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 5, 1979 1 1/4 miles Spectacular Bid 2:02.40 .60-1 Ron Franklin Bud Delp Hawksworth Farm Three-year-olds Dirt (fast) 128,488 1978 1980 The 1979 Kentucky Derby was the 105th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1979, on a track rated fast.Eskenazi Gerald https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/11/sports/horse-racing-spectacular-bid-is-dead-at-age-27-crown-attempt-was-foiled-by-a-pin.html HORSE RACING - Spectacular Bid Is Dead at Age 27 - Crown Attempt Was Foiled by a Pin The New York Times 2003-06-11 2016-05-29https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1979 1979 Kentuckyderby.com 2016-05-29 2016-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160919220345/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1979 dead Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 4 Spectacular Bid Ron Franklin Bud Delp Hawksworth Farm 2:02 2/5 2nd 1 General Assembly Laffit Pincay Jr. LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone 2 ¾ 3rd 2 Golden Act Sandy Hawley Loren Rettele William H. Oldknow & Robert W. Phipps 3 4th 7 King Celebrity Cash Asmussen Robert J. Taylor Che-Bar Stable 1 ¾ 5th 8 Flying Paster Donald Pierce Gordon C. Campbell Bernard J. Ridder 2 ½ 6th 6 Screen King Angel Cordero Jr. Luis Barrera Flying Zee Stable 3 ½ 7th 1A Sir Ivor Again Don MacBeth LeRoy Jolley Mrs. Tilyou Christopher 3 ¼ 8th 5 Shamgo Frank Olivares John Sullivan Rogers Red Top Inc. 1 ¼ 9th 9 Lot O' Gold Donald Brumfield Smiley Adams Frederick E. Lehmann 4 ¼ 10th 3 Great Redeemer Richard Depass James A. Mohamed Mr. & Mrs. James Mohamed 25 Winning Breeder: Mrs. William Jason & Mrs. William M. Gilmore; (KY) References 1979 Kentucky Derby Derby Kentucky Kentucky Derby Category:1979 in Louisville, Kentucky