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Gato Del Sol, “The Cat of the Sun”, was named after a cat that loved to lounge in the sun at the farm.
Gato Del Sol, “The Cat of the Sun”, was named after a cat that loved to lounge in the sun at the farm.
Pleasant Colony, the winner of the 107th Kentucky Derby, was bred and owned by Thomas Mellon Evans of Buckland Farms.
Genuine Risk, or “Genny” as she was nicknamed, would become only the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby, 65 years after the 1915 heroine, Regret.
Spectacular Bid, the horse whose trainer said was the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle, won the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
Affirmed was a Florida-bred that was the last Triple Crown winner until 2015, when American Pharoah would break the drought of 37 years.
Seattle Slew, the $17,500 auction purchase that brought his owner’s so much more, became the first horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated.
Bold Forbes, or as jockey Angel Cordero called him, “The Puerto Rican Cadillac”, was actually bred in Kentucky by Eaton Farms and Red Bull Stable.
Foolish Pleasure, the undefeated 2YO Champion Male, would take the 1975 Kentucky Derby, becoming the first of two Derby winners for trainer LeRoy Jolley and jockey Jacinto Vasquez.
