115th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
LocationChurchill Downs
DateMay 6, 1989
Winning horseSunday Silence
JockeyPat Valenzuela
TrainerCharles E. Whittingham
OwnerHancock III, Gaillard & Whittingham
ConditionsMuddy
SurfaceDirt
Attendance122,653

The 1989 Kentucky Derby was the 115th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 1989,[1] with 122,653 people in attendance.[2] The race took place on a track that was listed as muddy, but was drying out very well. The time on the 1+1⁄4-mile was the slowest time since Tim Tam rode to victory at the same length at also the same time of 2:05. Sunday Silence took the win with a 2 1/2 length victory over the favorite to win, Easy Goer.[3]

Full results

Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind
1st 10 Sunday Silence Pat Valenzuela Charlie Whittingham Hancock III, Gaillard & Whittingham 2:05
2nd 13 Easy Goer Pat Day Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps
3rd 12 Awe Inspiring Craig Perret Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps
4th 7 Dansil Larry Snyder Frank L. Brothers John A. Franks
5th 4 Hawkster Marco Castaneda Ron McAnally Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Meredith
6th 15 Northern Wolf Clarence Ladner III Hank Allen Deep Silver Stable
7th 11 Irish Actor Don Howard LeRoy Jolley Tiffany Farms
8th 6 Houston Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Beal, French Jr. & Lukas
9th 9 Triple Buck José A. Santos John J. Lenzini Jr. Gary Marano
10th 5 Shy Tom Chris Antley D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm
11th 14 Wind Splitter Donnie Miller Jr. Dale Capuano Randall Williams Jr.
12th 2 Flying Continental Corey Black Jay M. Robbins Jack Kent Cooke
13th 1 Clever Trevor Don Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Cheri & Don McNeill
14th 8 Faultless Ensign Chris DeCarlo Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Anthony Tornettam et al.
15th 3 Western Playboy Randy Romero Harvey L. Vanier Nancy Vanier & Raymond Roncari

Purse Winnings

Place Horse Purse Winnings Total Purse Amount
1st Sunday Silence $574,200 $749,200

Payout

Post Horse Win Place Show
10 Sunday Silence US$8.20 3.00 3.60
2b Easy Goer 2.60 3.40
2 Awe Inspiring 3.40

Sunday Silence

Sunday Silence was an unlikely winner as a youngster, but he grew into a true champion. He sported crooked hind legs and barely survived a virus as a weanling.[5] Sunday Silence was not an attractive youngster and his owner, Arthur B. Hancock III, attempted to sell him at the 1987 Keeneland yearling sale. Hancock ended up buying the colt back for only $17,000.[6] Sunday Silence completed his two-year-old season with only one victory from three starts and was described as looking like a "skinny teenager" from Hancock. Between two and three years old, the colt matured and began his three-year-old season as a front runner for the Kentucky Derby.[7] Sunday Silence won both the San Felipe Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby and anticipation built for the confrontation between Sunday Silence and his competition for the Kentucky Derby, Easy Goer. Sunday Silence's win at the Derby was largely attributed to the muddy track, which Easy Goer was claimed to have not liked. Sunday Silence bested Easy Goer by a win of 2 1/2 lengths.

References

  1. ↑ Kentucky Derby History, 1989
  2. ↑ "Derby & Oaks Attendance Since 1980" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Figure 4—figure supplement 2. Experiment 2: filtered skin conductance traces (band-pass at 0.0159–2 Hz, 1st order Butterworth), averaged across all trials within participant (n = 20, excluded participants not shown, shaded region represent SEM across all participants)". doi:10.7554/elife.31949.014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ 1989 Kentucky Derby Results Tables Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted". www.americasbestracing.net. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  6. ↑ "Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted". www.americasbestracing.net. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  7. ↑ "Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted". www.americasbestracing.net. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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