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Alysheba, the 6th Kentucky Derby winner to be foaled at Hamburg Place, was bred by Preston Madden.
Alysheba, the 6th Kentucky Derby winner to be foaled at Hamburg Place, was bred by Preston Madden.
Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner, would give Bill Shoemaker his final Derby win, and trainer Charlie Whittingham his first.
Spend A Buck was a pretty looking bay that was bred by Rowe Harper at his Irish Hill Farm near Owensboro, Kentucky.
Swale, the son of Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew, was out of a one-eyed mare named Tuerta (Spanish for one-eyed), who was by *Forli.
Sunny’s Halo was the second Canadian-bred, following Northern Dancer, to win the Kentucky Derby.
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.
