Golden Gate Derby

Golden Gate Derby

The Golden Gate Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race run early each year at Golden Gate Fields set at a distance of one and one sixteenth of a mile. The Derby is open to three-year-olds.

A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000.

In its 93rd running in 2008, the race is named for San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge spanning the "Golden Gate" from Marin County to the city of San Francisco.

Winners of the Golden Gate Derby since 2001

Earlier winners


*2000 - New Advantage
*1999 - Epic Honor
*1998 - Clover Hunter

*1997 - Pacificbounty
*1996 - Halo Sunshine
*1995 - Jumron

*1994 - Bai Brun
*1993 - Charging North

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=view&id=175 The Golden Gate Derby at Pedigree Query]


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