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.
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Foal to Finish Line
Foal to Finish Line – April 2006
Excerpt courtesy of Louisville Magazine
Loud And Clear
October 2, 1989
Sunday Silence belied his name in the Super Derby. Next : Easy Goer once more.
When trainer Charlie Whittingham last week shipped Sunday Silence 1,400 miles from Arcadia, Calif., to Bossier City, La., for Sunday’s $1 million Super Derby, it wasn’t for the money.
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.