Countdown to the Kentucky Derby- 84 days to go!
84 Days!!! 1935 Omaha, racing’s third Triple Crown winner, was the only Triple Crown winner to be sired by another Triple Crown winner, being from Gallant Fox’s first crop.
84 Days!!! 1935 Omaha, racing’s third Triple Crown winner, was the only Triple Crown winner to be sired by another Triple Crown winner, being from Gallant Fox’s first crop.
85 Days!!! Cavalcade won the 60th running in easy style, taking the running by 2 1/2 lengths in a time of 2:04.
87 Days!!! Burgoo King was named by Colonel E.R. Bradley after James Looney who made Burgoo yearly for a one day race meeting held at Bradley’s farm for orphans.
Even though the United States was in the throes of the Great Depression, thousands of people still made the journey to Louisville to witness the famous spectacle that is the Derby.
89 Days!!! 1930 Gallant Fox “The Fox of Belair” became racing’s second Triple Crown winner, in the year that the event became known as such.
90 Days!!! 1929 Clyde Van Dusen, the horse, was foaled on the 100 acre Few Acres Farm that was owned by former jockey turned trainer, Clyde Van Dusen.
91 Days!!! 1928 Reigh Count, winner of both the 1928 Kentucky Derby and 1929 Coronation Cup in England, came from a humble start, being born of Sunreigh and Contessina, two non-winners.
92 Days!!! 1927 Whiskery, a brown colt by Whisk Broom II, out of the Peter Pan mare, Prudery, gave owner and breeder Harry Payne Whitney his second Kentucky Derby victory behind 1915 heroine, Regret.
