Jeff Lowe with America’s Best Racing recounts Arthur Hancock’s 1982 Kentucky Derby win with longshot Gato Del Sol, and the price of a promise to the colt’s groom long-time Stone Farm employee Sam Ransom.
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Kentucky Derby Winner Gato Del Sol Dies at 28
Stone Farm’s homebred Gato Del Sol, who won the 1982 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) for Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, was euthanized Aug. 7 at Hancock’s Stone Farm near Paris, Ky. due to the infirmities of old age. The 28-year-old pensioned stallion was foaled and raised at Stone and was the first Derby winner to represent the Hancock family.
Sunday Silence vs Easy Goer in the 1989 BC Classic
From the Vault of Sports Illustrated…
Eclipse Award-winning journalist Bill Nack writes about the face-off between Champions Sunday Silence and Easy Goer in the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic.