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 Coast to become a jockey. His oldest brother Buddy died after sustaining a head injury in a race at Pimlico in 1933. His brother Carl, now 93, is the Hall of Fame trainer best known for conditioning five-time Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Kelso.

Hanford was at Churchill Downs for the 2006 Kentucky Derby