KENTUCKY DERBY

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30740, 3 May 1965, Page 5

KENTUCKY DERBY

Winner Lucky Debonair

z P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) LOUISVILLE mlker ' rnV’", J ockey - W. Shoek - r A c T°.T d of 100.000 at the Luckv h nJh Do " ns^ race "’ ack saw flnUhiJi b ° n . a, L hold off ,he f*s‘ *3O m m °“ ,s,der - Dapper Dan <.;r. to *?’ t 0 w,n th e United Ton «»w?"' C by a long neck Stateo lmK. Wne 3 by the Uni,ed << a, o Ambassador to Ireland two i£?°,7 d Guest - was another n_,’ e P®* hs away third. tn ß ,° h d « a A ! he 2,0 1 favourite t . b n t J? C A d K Of "• fi n *shed 10th Lucky Debonair's time for the nna'artV ° f 2:, J 2 was one and one-fifth seconds outside the Ll?. e „ rec ? rd The co,ts 112 000 fiftlrt share of the nrizemonev Ttrnno 5* S n ,ota winnings to So 7 000 dollars. Lucky Debonair dad Prevmusly won ‘hree major races this season including the Santa Anita Derby. T he win was Shoemaker's third m his fourteenth Kentucky J?. erby - . T he race was the first ■eg in the American triple crown for three-year-olds. The others are the Preakness Stakes on May 15 and the Belmont Stakes on June 5. The race was delayed 30 min utes after a fire broke out in part of the grandstand. Fire engines raced down the track and about 3500 spectators left the stand as firemen quickly brought the flames under control.