1985 Kentucky Derby

May 4th 1985

The 111th running of the Kentucky Derby,

Angel Cordero, Jr. up on Spend A Buck grab the lead before the first turn and go on to run the 3rd fastest Kentucky Derby in history to that time.

Full Results

Finished	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time / behind
1st		Spend a Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.		Hunter Farm
2nd		Stephan's Odyssey	L. Pincay Jr.		H. deKwiatkowski
3rd		Chief's Crown	D. MacBeth		Star Crown Stable
4th		Fast Account	C. McCarron		W. R. Hawn
5th		Proud Truth	J. Velasquez		Darby Dan Farm
6th		Skywalker	E. Delahoussaye		Oak Cliff Stable
7th		Tank's Prospect	G. Stevens		Mr. & Mrs. E. Klein
8th		Floating Reserve	S. Hawley		Robert Hibbert
9th		Rhoman Rule	J. Vasquez		Brownell Combs II.
10th		Encolure	R. Ardoin		Fred Porter Estate
11th		Irish Fighter	P. Day		Izzie Proler
12th		Eternal Prince	R. Migliore		Hurst, Steinbrenner, Post & Spendthrift Farm
13th		I Am the Game	D. McHargue		Leatherbury & Mandjuris

1985 Kentucky Derby

The 1985 Kentucky Derby was won by surprise horse
 Spend A Buck, who ran,at the time, the 3rd fastest derby race in history (2 mins 1/5 sec).  
Spend A Buck would go wire to wire to clinch the 1985 derby, however his owner decided not to run the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.  This ruled out any Triple Crown winner for 1985 and thus all Triple Crown races added a bonus' to owners to enter their horse.

1985 Winner - Spend A Buck

2nd - Stephan's Odyssey

3rd - Chief's Crown (race favorite)