The Indiana Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually since 1995 at Hoosier Park

Hoosier Park

Hoosier Park is a thoroughbred and standardbred racetrack located in Anderson, Indiana, United States.In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Of the top Ten, Hoosier Park was ranked #4.-History:In 1990,...

 in Anderson, Indiana

Anderson, Indiana

Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...

. It is the racetrack's signature event offering its highest purse at $500,000.

A Grade II

Graded stakes race

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 event, the Derby is for three-year-olds of either gender set at a distance of 8 and one half furlong

Furlong

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s on the dirt. (One and one sixteenth of a mile.)

The dead heat

Tie (draw)

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 in the 2006 running was the first dead heat for the Indiana Derby. The result was contested by the owners of Star Dabbler who came out of the race injured. They believed he won the race so took the issue to arbitration but the result was upheld.

The 2009 win by Misremembered

Misremembered

Misremembered is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by his trainer, Bob Baffert, he is out of Beyond Perfection, a daughter of Quack , who won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes in 1990. His sire is the undefeated Candy Ride...

 set a new track record.

2010 marked a groundbraking year for the Indiana Derby and general racing in the state of Indiana when Lookin At Lucky

Lookin at Lucky

Lookin At Lucky is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Sired by Smart Strike, a half brother to Canadian Triple Crown Winner Dance Smartly, his dam, Private Feeling, was sired by Belong To Me by the North American Leading Sire of 1993, Danzig.Lookin At...

 became the first winner of a Triple Crown

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

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 race ever to race in the state of Indiana. Sent off at odds of 2-5, Lookin At Lucky won the race by 1 1/4 lengths in last-to-first fashion much to the delight of the ontrack crowd.

Bob Baffert became the first trainer to win the race two years in a row in 2009 and 2010 with Misremembered and Lookin At Lucky

Records

Speed record:

• 1:40.80 - Misremembered
  Misremembered
  Misremembered is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by his trainer, Bob Baffert, he is out of Beyond Perfection, a daughter of Quack , who won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes in 1990. His sire is the undefeated Candy Ride...
  
   (2009)

Most wins by a jockey

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:

• 3 - Robby Albarado
  Robby Albarado
  Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...
  
   (1998, 2001, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer

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:

• 2 - D. Wayne Lukas
  D. Wayne Lukas
  Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...
  
   (1997, 2001)
• 2 - Bob Baffert
  Bob Baffert
  Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...
  
   (2009, 2010)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners of the Indiana Derby since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Grade
2011	Wilburn	Julien Leparoux Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Stonestreet Stables	1-1/16	1:43.60	II
2010	Lookin at Lucky Lookin at Lucky Lookin At Lucky is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Sired by Smart Strike, a half brother to Canadian Triple Crown Winner Dance Smartly, his dam, Private Feeling, was sired by Belong To Me by the North American Leading Sire of 1993, Danzig.Lookin At...	Martin Garcia Martin Garcia (jockey) Martin Garcia is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who rides from a base in Southern California.He emigrated to the United States in 2003 and went to work at a delicatessen in Pleasanton, California...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Mike Pegram	1-1/16	1:43.40	II
2009	Misremembered Misremembered Misremembered is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by his trainer, Bob Baffert, he is out of Beyond Perfection, a daughter of Quack , who won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes in 1990. His sire is the undefeated Candy Ride...	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Jill Baffert/George Jacobs	1-1/16	1:40.80	II
2008	Tin Cup Chalice Tin Cup Chalice Tin Cup Chalice , was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 2008, became the first New York-bred to win New York’s “OTB Big Apple Triple" of Racing: the Mike Lee Handicap, the New York Derby, and the Albany Stakes...	Pedro A. Rodriguez	Mike Lecesse	Mike Lecesse/Scott van Laer	1-1/16	1:45.00	II
2007	Zanjero	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC	1-1/16	1:43.95	II
2006	Cielo Gold (DH Tie (draw) To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as... )	Brian Hernandez, Jr.	Hal R. Wiggins	Hillcrest Farm Racing	1-1/16	1:42.84	II
2006	Star Dabbler (DH Tie (draw) To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as... )	Richard Migliore	Michael Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz Barry K. Schwartz Barry K. Schwartz is an American businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner, and a former horse racing industry executive. The son of a grocer who was murdered when Barry was twenty-one-years old, Schwartz grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in The Bronx...	1-1/16	1:42.84	II
2005	Don't Get Mad	Brice Blanc Brice Blanc Brice Blanc is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Blanc attended a jockey's apprentice school in his native France then, encouraged by trainer Ben Cecil, in October 1993 emigrated to the United States where he settled in Southern California and began racing at area tracks...	Ronald W. Ellis Ronald W. Ellis Ronald W. Ellis is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A November 8, 1997 Los Angeles Times article noted that he "is known for taking his time with horses and taking special care with those prone to injury." Ron Ellis only saw his first live Thoroughbred horse race at age sixteen but...	B. Wayne Hughes	1-1/16	1:42.71	II
2004	Brass Hat Brass Hat Brass Hat is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is out of the mare Brassy and sired by Prized, winner of the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf and a son of the highly successful sire Kris S....	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	William B. Bradley	Fred F. Bradley	1-1/16	1:44.04	II
2003	Excessivepleasure	Jon Court Jon Court Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....	Doug O'Neill Douglas F. O'Neill Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant...	Lee & Ty Leatherman	1-1/16	1:43.48	III
2002	Perfect Drift Perfect Drift Perfect Drift, is an American thoroughbred gelding racehorse. He is sired by the leading stud, Dynaformer, out of the Naskra mare, Nice Gal....	Jon Court Jon Court Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....	Richard Mandella	Stonecrest Farm	1-1/16	1:43.50	III
2001	Orientate Orientate Orientate is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2002 Breeder's Cup Sprint and was voted the U.S. Champion Sprint Horse of 2002....	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Bob & Beverly Lewis	1-1/16	1:42.22
2000	Mister Deville	Luis Quinonez	Wilson L. Brown	Darwin Olson	1-1/16	1:41.80
1999	Forty One Carats	Jorge Chavez Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez Dartnell , also known as Géo Chávez, was a Franco – Peruvian aviator. At a young age, he achieved fame for his aeronautical feats...	David Fawkes	W. L. New/J. T. Hammer	1-1/16	1:42.24
1998	One Bold Stroke	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	James E. Baker	L. Knight/M. L. Noon	1-1/16	1:43.14
1997	Dubai Dust	Sidney Lejeune, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Gonzalo B. Torrealba	1-1/16	1:44.00
1996	Canyon Run	Francisco Torres	Steven T. Morguelan	Marco Bommarito	1-1/16	1:41.40
1995	Peruvian	Dean Kutz	Peter M. Vestal	Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses...	1-1/16	1:43.00