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Ira G. "Babe" Hanford (February 24, 1918 – November 21, 2009) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse in the 1936 Kentucky Derby.

Biography

He was born in Fairbury, Nebraska, and was Jewish.[1][2][3]

He rode the winning horse Bold Venture in the 1936 Kentucky Derby. The colt he rode while still an apprentice was owned and bred by Morton L. Schwartz and trained by Hall of Fame inductee, Max Hirsch.[4]

His career was interrupted by four years of service with the United States Army during World War II.[5]

Ira Hanford died of cancer on November 21, 2009, in Ocala, Florida at age 91. He was the brother of Kelso's Hall of Fame trainer, Carl Hanford.[6]

External links

  • Photos of 1) Ira Hanford & Jim Braddock and 2) Carl & Ira Hanford Suffolk Downs

References

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