Hawthorne Derby

Turf race infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = Hawthorne Derby


caption =
location = Hawthorne Race Course
Stickney/Cicero, Illinois flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1965
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.hawthorneracecourse.com/ www.hawthorneracecourse.com]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
weight = Assigned
purse = $250,000
bonuses = The Hawthorne Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1965 at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago. Raced in October, it is open to three-year-old horses. It is contested for a purse of $250,000 over a distance of 1⅛ miles on turf.

Inaugurated as the Hawthorne Diamond Jubilee in 1965, it was run on dirt until 1984 when it was switched to the turf course. The John R. Gaines colt Bold Bidder won the inaugural race then the following year returned to the Hawthorne Race Course to win the 1966 Hawthorne Gold Cup.

From inception, the Hawthorne Derby has been run at various distances. Since 1989 it has been set at a mile and one eighth. In 1979 the race was run at the now closed Sportsman's Park.

Records

Time record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)
* 1:44.60 Rainbows For Life (1991) :(A course record which still stands)

Winners of the Hawthorne Derby since 1999

*In 2002, Flying Dash won the race but was disqualified for use of medications banned in the state of Illinois

Earlier winners

*1998 - Stay Sound
*1997 - River Squall
*1996 - Jaunatxo
*1995 - Cuzzin Jeb
*1994 - Chrysalis House
*1993 - Snake Eyes
*1992 - Bantan
*1991 - Rainbows For Life
*1990 - Tutu Tobago
*1989 - Broto
*1988 - Pappas Swing
*1987 - Zaizoom

*1986 - Autobot
*1985 - Derby Wish
*1984 - Pass The Line
*1983 - St. Forbes
*1982 - Drop Your Drawers
*1981 - Jeremy Jet
*1980 - Jaklin Klugman
*1979 - Architect
*1978 - Sensitive Prince
*1977 - Silver series
*1976 - Wardlaw

*1975 - Winter Fox
*1974 - Stonewalk
*1973 - Golden Don
*1972 - Feloniously
*1971 - Northfields
*1970 - Well Mannered
*1969 - Oil Power
*1968 - Te Vega
*1967 - Gentleman James
*1966 - Handfsome Boy
*1965 - Bold Bidder