82nd Kentucky Derby | |
Class: | Grade I stakes race |
Horse Race: | Kentucky Derby |
Location: | Churchill Downs |
Date: | May 5, 1956 |
Winning Horse: | Needles |
Winning Jockey: | David Erb |
Winning Trainer: | Hugh L. Fontaine |
Winning Owner: | D & H Stable |
Surface: | Dirt |
Previous: | 1955 |
Next: | 1957 |
The 1956 Kentucky Derby was the 82nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1956.[1] [2]
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind | |
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1st | 3 | Needles | David Erb | Hugh L. Fontaine | D & H Stable (Jack Dudley & Bonnie Heath) | 2:03 2/5 | |
2nd | 2C | Fabius | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | ||
3rd | 12 | Come On Red | Alfred Popara | Odie Clelland | Helen W. Kellogg | ||
4th | 4 | Count Chic | Steve Brooks | Lloyd A. Lawson | Mr. & Mrs. Dino Lozzi | ||
5th | 2 | Pintor Lea | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | |||
6th | 1 | Career Boy | Eric Guerin | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | ||
7th | 6 | No Regrets | Douglas Dodson | Richard T. Waggoner | Wallace E. Britt | ||
8th | 1A | Head Man | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | ||
9th | 15 | King O' Swords | Ralph Borgemenke | Frankie Sanders | Reverie Knoll Farm | ||
10th | 5 | High King | William McKinley Cook | Thomas Barry | Joseph Gavegnano | ||
11th | 13 | Jean Baptiste | Loyd P. Tate | Mrs. Loyd P. Tate | |||
12th | 9 | Terrang | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | ||
13th | 10 | Black Emperor | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | |||
14th | 8 | Besomer | Colin MacLeod Jr. | Companas Stable | |||
15th | 14 | Invalidate | Larry Gilligan | T. Alie Grissom | |||
16th | 7 | Ben A. Jones | Elmer Kalensky | G & M Stable | |||
17th | 11 | Countermand | Arnold Kirkland | Brandywine Stable |
Winning Breeder: William E. Leach; (FL)