Master Derby
| Master Derby | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Dust Commander |
| Grandsire | Bold Commander |
| Dam | Madam Jerry |
| Damsire | Royal Coinage |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1972 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Robert E. Lehmann |
| Owner | Golden Chance Farm |
| Trainer | W. E. "Smiley" Adams |
| Record | 33: 16-8-4 |
| Earnings | $698,625 |
| Major wins | |
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Kindergarten Stakes (1974) Preakness Stakes (1975) |
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| Awards | |
| Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1991) | |
| Honours | |
| Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame (1992) | |
Kindergarten Stakes (1974)
Dragoon Stakes (1974)
Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes (1975)
Louisiana Derby (1975)
Lexington Stakes (1975)
Blue Grass Stakes (1975)
New Orleans Handicap (1976)
Louisiana Handicap (1976)
Oaklawn Handicap (1976)
Master Derby (April 24, 1972 – January 22, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1975 Preakness Stakes.
He was bred by Robert E. Lehmann at his Golden Chance Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Master Derby was out of the mare Madam Jerry, and sired by Lehmann's 1970 Kentucky Derby winner, Dust Commander.
Conditioned for racing by trainer Smiley Adams, at age two Master Derby made twelve starts, finishing either first or second in all of them. His best stakes race results were wins in the Grade III Kindergarten Stakes sprint race and a division of the Grade III Dragoon Stakes. He also earned a second-place finish in the important 1974 Breeders' Futurity Stakes and the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.
Racing as a three-year-old, Master Derby began his season with two straight losses in six-furlong sprints but then won the much longer 1 1/16 miles Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes and the 1⅛ miles Louisiana Derby. Aimed for the Kentucky Derby, from his base in Louisiana his handlers shipped him to Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky, where jockey Darrel McHargue rode him to victory in the Lexington Stakes and the Blue Grass Stakes.
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