Kentucky Derby 1950-1959

All of these are newsreels, so the races are not complete, just highlights. I will take what I can get, however.



1950: Middleground:




1951: Count Turf, a son of 1943 winner Count Fleet:





1952: Hill Gail:





1953: Dark Star, in one of the biggest upsets in racing history:





1954: Determine:




Determine sired 1962 winner Decidedly.



1955: Swaps:



Swaps sired 1963 winner Chateaugay.



1956: Needles:





1957: Iron Liege. This is the race where Bill Shoemaker, on Gallant Man, misjudged the finish line and lost the race:






1958: Tim Tam:






1959: Tomy Lee:



Hereis the YouTube channel with these great clips.

There is Little Doubt

this poll is correct in naming Dark Star, the Kentucky Derby winner of 1953, the biggest upset winner in the history of the race.

He handed favored Native Dancer, who later won the Preakness and Belmont, his only defeat in 21 starts.

Of course, the biggest upset in racing history has to be the 1919 Sanford Stakes, where Man O'War lost for the only time in his career, and to a horse named Upset.