The 1885 Kentucky Derby was the 11th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 14, 1885.[1]
Full results
| Finished |
Post |
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time / behind |
| 1st |
5 |
Joe Cotton |
Erskine "Babe" Henderson |
Abraham Perry |
James T. Williams |
2:37.25 |
| 2nd |
8 |
Bersan |
Ed West |
Green B. Morris |
Green B. Morris & James D. Patton |
|
| 3rd |
10 |
Ten Booker |
John Stoval |
|
Milton Young |
|
| 4th |
3 |
Favor |
Thompkins |
|
Green B. Morris & James D. Patton |
|
| 5th |
6 |
Irish Pat |
Isaac Murphy |
|
Edward C. Corrigan |
|
| 6th |
11 |
Keokuk |
C. Richard Fishburn |
|
W. P. Hunt |
|
| 7th |
9 |
Clay Pate |
T. Withers |
H. Eugene Leigh |
R. C. Pate |
|
| 8th |
13 |
Thistle |
Harry Blaylock |
|
P. G. Speth |
|
| 9th |
7 |
Playfair |
W. Conkling |
|
George W. Darden & Co. |
|
| 10th |
12 |
Lord Coleridge |
Lloyd Hughes |
|
William Cottrill |
|
Payout
| Post |
Horse |
Win |
Place |
Show |
|
Joe Cotton |
$ 9.30 |
8.80 |
|
|
Bersan |
|
$7.40 |
|
- The winner received a purse of $4,630.
- Second place received $200.[2]
