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Carry Back, a very modestly bred race horse, was affectionately known as C.B., or “The People’s Choice”.
Carry Back, a very modestly bred race horse, was affectionately known as C.B., or “The People’s Choice”.
Venetian Way was bred by John W. Greathouse’s Glencrest Farm from the sire Royal Coinage who was out of 1944 Kentucky Oaks winner, Canina.
*Tomy Lee (pronounced Tommy) became the second foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby, having been bred by Captain H.D.H. Willis and foaled at Hadrian Stud in England.
Tim Tam was the product of the mating of Horse of the Year Tom Fool with the Bull Lea mare, Two Lea, who was a winner of 15 races, including the Hollywood Gold Cup.
Iron Liege, a tough luck colt that was considered the 3rd best of Calumet’s 1954 crop, would go on to become Calumet’s 6th Kentucky Derby winner.
Needles was bred by William E. Leach, who bought the winning Jack High mare, Noodle Soup, while in foal to the Kentucky Derby winner Ponder.
Swaps was bred and owned by Rex C. Ellsworth, who bought the stallion *Khaled from the Aga Khan.
Determine, the first grey to win the Kentucky Derby, was bred by Dr. Eslie Asbury, a Cincinnati surgeon who owned Forest Retreat Farm near Carlisle, Kentucky.
