The 1981 Kentucky Derby was the 107th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1981, with 139,195 people in attendance.
Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 4 Pleasant Colony Jorge Velásquez John P. Campo Buckland Farm 2:02.00 2nd 6 Woodchopper Eddie Delahoussaye John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 3rd 12 Partez Sandy Hawley D. Wayne Lukas Elizabeth Davis / Mr. & Mrs. Henry Greene 4th 16 Classic Go Go Anthony S. Black Jerry C. Meyer Verne Winchell 5th 19 Television Studio David Whited Anthony L. Basile Bwamazon Farm 6th 5 Pass the Tab Laffit Pincay Jr. Albert S. Barrera Leopoldo Villareal 7th 3 Splendid Spruce Darrel McHargue Chay R. Knight Surf and Turf Stable 8th 11 Flying Nashua Angel Cordero Jr. Larry Barrera Dr. Ulf Kirkegaard-Jensen 9th 2 Noble Nashua Cash Asmussen Jose A. Martin Flying Zee Stable 10th 8 Bold Ego John L. Lively Jack Van Berg Double B Ranch & Kidd 11th 13 Double Sonic Buck Thornburg George Krnjaich Elias Brothers 12th 15 Hoedown's Day Thomas Chapman Roger Dominquez Mr. & Mrs. Roger Dominguez & Marie Freidel 13th 18 Beau Rit Phil Rubbicco Louie J. Roussel III Carole Roussel 14th 10 Tap Shoes Ruben Hernandez Horatio Luro Leone J. Peters & Arthur B. Hancock III 15th 9 Cure the Blues Bill Shoemaker LeRoy Jolley Bert Firestone 16th 7 Well Decorated Don MacBeth Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 17th 20 Mythical Ruler Kevin Wirth Fred Wirth Albert Risen 18th 1A Proud Appeal Jeffrey Fell Stanley M. Hough M. H. Winfield & S. M.Hough 19th 17 Top Avenger Larry Snyder Dwight Viator W. P. "Buster" Bishop 20th 14 Habano Bennie R. Feliciano Francisco Gonzalez Marco Coello 21st 1 Golden Derby Julio C. Espinoza Smiley Adams Frederick N. Lehmann & John R. Gaines
Winning Breeder: Thomas Mellon Evans; (VA)
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