Oldest Jockey to Win Kentucky Derby Dies

by: Press Release
Ira "Babe" Hanford, who won the 1936 Kentucky Derby aboard Bold Venture, died Nov. 21 in Ocala, Fla., after a lengthy illness. He was 91. Hanford was the oldest living Kentucky Derby-winning jockey and was the first apprentice to capture the Run for the Roses. One of 10 children, Hanford grew up in Fairbury, Neb., and followed his two brothers to the East ...