Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 71 Days to Go!
Citation, the first horse to win $1 million dollars in purse money, was foaled on April 11, 1945 to the Hyperion mare *Hydroplane II.
Citation, the first horse to win $1 million dollars in purse money, was foaled on April 11, 1945 to the Hyperion mare *Hydroplane II.
Jet Pilot was a chestnut colt that was bred by Arthur B. Hancock with Mrs. R.A. VanClief.
Assault was one of my favorite stories when I was growing up, just how this plucky little horse managed to overcome such an awful injury while becoming one of the hallowed Triple Crown winners.
Hoop Jr., named after owner Fred W. Hooper’s son, Fred Jr., won the 1945 Kentucky Derby on the latest date that it’s ever been run.
Pensive became the second of eight Kentucky Derby winners to be bred and owned by Calumet Farm
76 Days!!! Count Fleet was bred and owned by the the Hertz’s, of car rental fame. The brown colt was by their Derby winner, Reigh Count.
79 Days!!!Gallahadion won “The Sweetest Derby” in 1940, so named as he was owned by Mrs. Ethel V. Mars’ Milky Way Farm.
80 Days!!! Johnstown was named after Johnstown, PA, a town that had undergone several major floods, the first being 1889.
