Twenty-six year old Fusaichi Pegasus, the first Kentucky Derby winner of this century, was euthanized on May 23 at Coolmore Stud due to the infirmities of old age. He was 26. As the news began to spread, memories of the colt emerged as well.
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Bubble Rock Wins Mrs. Revere G2 Wire to Wire
Bubble Rock led wire to wire in the $300,000 Mrs. Revere Stakes G2 at Churchill Downs on Nov. 25th. The 3-year-old filly by More Than Ready out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Reef Point crossed the finish line 1 1/4 lengths in front. A homebred racing for John Ed Anthony’s Shortleaf Stable, Bubble Rock was raised at Stone Farm and is trained by Brad Cox.
TDN Profile of Stone Farm’s Lynn Hancock
TDN’s Carly Silver profiles Stone Farm’s Lynn Hancock, her appreciation for the industry and her role in the operation of the family farm.
ROADSTER, GAME WINNER PUT IN FINAL WORKS AHEAD OF DERBY
Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Roadster and juvenile champion Game Winner were among those to breeze over the Santa Anita Park main track April 26, both turning in their final works in preparation for the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Friendly Wager & 1st Derby Win Cost Arthur Hancock a Car
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.
And The Last Shall Be First
May 10, 1982
After trailing early in the Kentucky Derby, Gato del Sol shifted into high and thundered to the line ahead of 18 competitors
Sunday Silence Captures Derby
Charlie Whittingham was right.
Sunday Silence and rider Pat Valenzuela made the 76-year-old trainer look like a prophet as he captured the 115th running of the Kentucky Derby by 2 1/2 lengths over the odds-on favorite Easy Goer with Awe Inspiring, Easy Goer’s stablemate, a head farther back in third.
Nose To Nose
In a jewel of a dual at the Preakness, Sunday Silence beat Easy Goer by a snout.
Silence Roars Once More
November 13, 1989
In the race for Horse of the Year, Sunday Silence outran Easy Goer in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
2014 Leading Sire: Menifee Dominates Leading Sire Ranks Again
For the third consecutive year, Menifee was Leading Sire in Korea in 2014. This time it was by a record margin as his son Gyeongbudaero completed a late season President’s Cup and Grand Prix Stakes to take his sire’s earnings to nearly double that of next best, Forest Camp.