The Tennessee Derby was an American

United States

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 Thoroughbred horse race that was run annually from 1884 to 1886 and then 1890–1906 at the Montgomery Park racetrack located on the Memphis Fairgrounds in Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

. The Tennessee Derby rivaled the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 at the time for prestige and purse money, but was not reinstated after a gambling

Gambling

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 ban took effect in 1907. Kentucky Derby winners Joe Cotton

Joe Cotton (horse)

Joe Cotton was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known as the winner of the 1885 Kentucky Derby. He was by King Alfonso who was the sire of the 1880 winner Fonso...

 and Agile

Agile (horse)

Agile was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1905 Kentucky Derby. Agile won the Sapphire Stakes as a two year old and the Phoenix Stakes as a three year old....

 also won the Tennessee Derby.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Owner	Time	Purse
1884	Ten Strike	Yetman	Walter B. Jennings	2:48.25	625
1885	Joe Cotton Joe Cotton (horse) Joe Cotton was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known as the winner of the 1885 Kentucky Derby. He was by King Alfonso who was the sire of the 1880 winner Fonso...	Erskine Henderson	James T. Williams	2:42.75	800
1886	Jim Gray	Nash Turner	Gray & Co.	2:44.00	755
1890	Robespierre	S. Francis	George V. Hankins	2:00.00	1,790
1891	Vallera	Tommy Britton	Scoggin Bros.	2:00.00	2,090
1892	Tom Elliott	Tommy Britton	J. M. Brown	2:03.75	1,940
1893	Calhoun	Kunze	John E. Cushing & Mr. Orth	2:04.50	2,490
1894	Jamboree	J. Davis	Dr. E. F. McLean	2:09.25	4,125
1895	Fandango	Willie Martin	Mr. Orth	1:59.25	3,950
1896	Berclair	Charles A. Thorpe	Dr. E. F. McLean	1:55.75	4,125
1897	Buckvidere	R. Williams	Abe Cahn	1:56.25	4,125
1898	Lieber Karl	Thomas H. Burns	John W. Schorr	1:57.75	4,120
1899	May Hampstead	Nash Turner	Hedley & Norton	1:57.75	6,260
1900	Florizar	Clyde Van Dusen Clyde Van Dusen Clyde Van Dusen was an American jockey and trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for winning the 1929 Kentucky Derby....	Hiram J. Scoggan	2:00.00	4,895
1901	Royal Victor	James Winkfield James Winkfield James "Jimmy" Winkfield was a Thoroughbred jockey and horse trainer from Kentucky, best remembered as the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby....	T. P. Hayes	1:57.00	5,360
1902	Abe Frank	Willie Coburn	George C. Bennett	1:57.50	4,550
1903	Claude	J. Daly	Michael J. Daly	1:58.50	5,625
1904	Proceeds	Arthur Helgesen	Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner....	2:02.50	4,730
1905	Agile Agile (horse) Agile was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1905 Kentucky Derby. Agile won the Sapphire Stakes as a two year old and the Phoenix Stakes as a three year old....	Jack Martin	Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner....	1:58.00	8,885
1906	Lady Navarre	Thomas H. Burns	Charles R. Ellison	1:56.25	9,440