Isaac Burns Murphy
| Isaac Burns Murphy | |
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Isaac B. Murphy, c.1885
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| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | January 1, 1861 Clark County, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | February 12, 1896 |
| Career wins | 628 (or 530: see text) |
| Major racing wins | |
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Clark Handicap (1879, 1884, 1885, 1890) Kentucky Derby (1884, 1890, 1891) |
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| Honours | |
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United States Racing Hall of Fame (1955) Isaac Murphy Award National Jockey's Hall of Fame (1956) Isaac Murphy Handicap at Arlington Park |
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| Significant horses | |
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Buchanan, Emperor of Norfolk, Falsetto, Firenze, Kingman, Kingston, Leonatus, Riley, Salvator, Silver Cloud |
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Clark Handicap (1879, 1884, 1885, 1890)
Travers Stakes (1879)
Kentucky Oaks (1884)
Illinois Derby (1884)
American Derby (1884, 1885, 1886, 1888)
Latonia Derby (1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1891)
Champion Stakes (1886, 1890)
Brooklyn Derby (1888)
Jerome Handicap (1889)
Freehold Stakes (1890)
Suburban Handicap (1890)
Gazelle Handicap (1892)
Isaac Burns Murphy (January 1, 1861 - February 12, 1896) was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history. Murphy won three Kentucky Derbies.
Isaac Burns was born in Clark County, Kentucky. His father served in the Union army in the Civil War, until his death at Camp Nelson. After his father's death, Burns' family moved to Lexington, where they lived with Burns' grandfather Green Murphy. When he became a jockey at age 14, he changed his last name to Murphy in honor of his grandfather.
Isaac Murphy rode in eleven Kentucky Derbies, winning three times: on Buchanan in 1884, Riley in 1890, and Kingman in 1891. Kingman was owned by Jacobin Stables (co-owners, Preston Kinzea Stone and Dudley Allen) and trained by Dudley Allen, and is the first horse co-owned by an African-American to win the Derby. Murphy is the only jockey to have won the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, and the Clark Handicap in the same year (1884). He was called the "Colored Archer," a reference to Fred Archer, a prominent English jockey at the time.
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