A “very uncommon” ticket to the 1919 Kentucky Derby bought for $35,000 on eBay on Thursday.
of eBay itemizing The proprietor is recognized as ‘bigred1917’ and 43 bids have been positioned. Bigred1917 could also be a resident of Lexington, Kentucky or the realm, because the ticket stated he could possibly be picked up in central Kentucky.
The 1919 Kentucky Derby was Sir Burton’s debut as a three-year-old, and he later grew to become the primary winner of the Triple Crown. A son of Starshoot, co-owned and produced by Kentucky’s John Madden, he was 6-0 as a 2-year-old.
Based on Lord Burton’s biography on the Nationwide Horse Racing Corridor of Fame web site, “the highest two Derby candidates had been to be Everlasting and Lord Burton’s stablemate Billy Kelly.” “In pouring rain, Corridor of Fame jockey John Loftus led Sir Burton to the lead and received by 5 lengths over Billy Kelly, breaking his first Derby victory.”
4 days later, he defeated Everlasting by 4 lengths within the Preakness, and in addition received the Wizards and Belmont by 5 lengths, in file time with all 4 races held inside 32 days.
On the age of 4, he received 4 races in a row and met Man O’ Conflict in a match race at Kenilworth Park in Windsor, Canada, in October 1920. The purse was value $75,000 and the winner obtained a $5,000 gold cup. Man-O-Conflict led the way in which and received by seven lengths, breaking the 1 1/4-mile course file by six seconds.
Sir Barton raced three extra occasions that yr, however retired with no win, with a file of 31 races, 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 attracts, and $116,857 in prize cash.
He was inducted into the Corridor of Fame in 1957.
