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Kentucky Derby Winners
Information about the winners of the Kentucky Derby.

Welcome Home, Alysheba
... he hooked up in two memorable stretch duels with defending Horse of the Year Ferdinand, who had nipped him by a nose in the previous year's Breeders' Cup Classic in an epic showdown between Kentucky Derby winners. ...

the midsummer derby
kentucky derby winners on the other hand are 10-2-2-0 in the breeders' cup with an average starting price of 5.20/1. although it has been quite a while since a derby winner was successful. in general derby winners have had more success ...

Wrona Q&A Part IV: 'I'm highly self-critical.'
And there always seems to be great stories surrounding both Melbourne Cup winners and Kentucky Derby winners, be it something to do with a trainer or a jockey angle or the horse itself. It's remarkable to me how there is almost always ...

Viva Canonero! Part 2
Around the far turn, it was apparent that this was the Canonero of old, as he hooked up with Riva Ridge in a battle of Kentucky Derby winners. As he did with Eastern Fleet, Canonero locked horns with Riva Ridge all the way to the eighth ...

Horses - Whirlaway
Whirlaway became the first of 8 Kentucky Derby winners and the first of 2 triple crown winners for Calumet Farm. Whirlaway was the son of Blenheim II. In his 2 year old season he did show some signs of brilliance. ...

Sweet win for 'Candyman' at Churchill Downs
He's trained by Ian Wilkes, former assistant to Hall of Famer Carl Nafzger, who developed Kentucky Derby winners Unbridled and Street Sense. "That's a nice race to win and that's a good two-turn race and then we can really see if he can ...

remembering the greatness of 3 fillies - genuine risk tribute
the resulting foal expected in 1983 would have made history as the first offspring of two kentucky derby winners. tragically though, genuine risk delivered a stillborn colt. over the next 17 years, she produced only two living foals and ...

derby winners often repeat in the preakness
six kentucky derby winners in the past nine years have captured the preakness, four by 1 lengths or more. that'sa good omen for barbaro, who crushed the opposition, winning the 132nd kentucky derby and ending a 50-year losing streak by ...

A ‘GENUINE' PLACE IN HISTORY
It just didn't seem right to me that a horse with that name (and misspelled at that) could join the ranks of Kentucky Derby winners. In fact, the biggest threat I saw to Rumbo was another California colt, but this one had a girl's name, ...