Who's your Derby horse (birth year)

[Nikki^]

Who's your Derby horse? I was born in 1977 so my Derby Horse is

Seattle Slew!! :D (he's also my Preakness and Belmont horse)

Another thing to do is go to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and put you birth month and day in the search box. It will come up with events that happened that day.

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes on my B-day (but it's in 1973)
I also share a birthday with Johnny Depp (Swoon) and Michael J. Fox.

Since War Pass is out :( I'm going to go with the filly! :D

[texang73]

1973

I LOVE that my birth year was the year of Secretariat! :)

[moonriverfarm]

I'm an old lady - Tim Tam was my win!

[hunt_jumpfl]

I was born the day before the Preakness the year of the great Affirmed and Alydar battle. I think we are due another triple crown winner sometime soon. That was the last time that a horse won the triple crown and it was 30 year ago this year.

[Tiempo]

WooHoo..Northern Dancer :D

[TouchstoneAcres]

Count Turf is "mine" - by Count Fleet by Reigh Count, 3 generations of Derby winners. Only one other threesome did that: Needles by Ponder by Pensive.

[dressagetraks]

Majestic Prince.

One who, alas, should not have run in the Belmont, IMHO. Great horse, but was 1 step below TC winner great, and he was not doing well physically after the Derby and Preakness.

Trained by Johnny Longdon, only man I believe to ever both ride and train a Derby winner (Count Fleet - one of my all-time favorites - in 1943; Majestic Prince in 1969).

I believe I've also read that Johnny as a kid and his Mom missed the boat on the Titanic. He was not only good, but also lucky. :)

[skatepixie]

1988- Winning Colors!

My mom's is Swaps, which is really cool because she is like a 6th generation Californian!

[Kenike]

Bold Forbes. for both me and my husband.

My son's is Barbaro

[Sassenach]

[QUOTE=skatepixie;3182540]1988- Winning Colors!QUOTE]

Winning Colors for me too :) Great filly

[MidlifeCrisis]

Iron Leige for me (1957)
Gallant Man was 2nd. That was the year that Bill Shoemaker misjudged the finish line and stood up too early.
Bold Ruler was 4th.

[gubbyz]

Northern Dancer for me.

[RiddleMeThis]

[quote=skatepixie;3182540]1988- Winning Colors!QUOTE]

Winning Colors for me too :) Great filly

And me:yes:

[Sabovee]

Spectacular Bid! :)

It's funny, but he was born the day after me as well (not the same year obviously) .. I'm Feb 16 and he's Feb 17.

[tbmorgan]

Proud Clarion for me.

Katja

[Pirateer]

Not completely related, but I was born June 26, 1984.

I googled the summer Olympics in LA, and Joe Fargis won Ind SJ and the American Team won gold as well!

[Philosopher]

1986: Ferdinand :sadsmile:

[Rusty Stirrup]

TouchstoneAcres: I know how old you are because Count Turf is mine too.

Here's a list:

http://www.derbypost.com/pastwinners.html

[Tiempo]

TouchstoneAcres: I know how old you are because Count Turf is mine too.

Here's a list:

http://www.derbypost.com/pastwinners.html

Wow, I'd forgotton how fast Monarchos was!! I remember watching that year nursing a concussion from coming off my OTTB the day before :)

I must say, some of you guys are making me feel old ;)

[Dispatcher]

Count Turf for me. Sorry to say, I don't know anything about this horse!

[willowoodstables]

WooHoo Northern Dancer and I AM CANADIAN too LOL

Kim

[Madeline]

Even older. Ponder.

[Artful]

Tim Tam for me as well ! I've always thought of him as the last "real" winner for Calumet, since Forward Pass got the win on a DQ.

[DLee]

Carry Back here.

I think it means one is getting older, when one REMEMBERS so many of the winners listed on this thread. Sigh. :(

[WhiteCamry]

Carry Back here.

Same here.
:D

I think it means one is getting older, when one REMEMBERS so many of the winners listed on this thread. Sigh. :(

Same here.
:(

[ivy62]

I go back to undecidely....boy it was a long time ago!

[*jumper*]

Unbridled!!

[animaldoc]

I'm 1973 as well....Go Big Red!! :)

[Sing Mia Song]

Dancer's Image or Forward Pass, take your pick. :winkgrin:

As an aside, Count Turf is buried not far from my home in Westminster, MD. It was a TB farm, then an auction venue, and now I think they sell used cars! :lol:

[HECS04]

1985- Spend A Buck

[3DogNight]

Feeling sort of old here:

1966 - Kauai King

[Foxtrot's]

YOU'RE old - I'm not even going there with mine!

But, noticing the speeds of the Derby. Anybody care to comment that in l941 Whirlaway was the first horse to go 2:01 and 2/5.
Since then no horse has gone under the 2:01 mark - why, in the light of breeding the best to the best and hoping for the best, in light of modern nutrition, scientific training, etc?

[Louise]

So far, I'm the oldest, I think. Citation is mine -- 1948

[Barnfairy]

But, noticing the speeds of the Derby. Anybody care to comment that in l941 Whirlaway was the first horse to go 2:01 and 2/5.
Since then no horse has gone under the 2:01 mark... For shame, for shame! How could you forget that in 1973, Secretariat ran the KY Derby in a record 1:59 2/5 which still stands?!

Unless another freak like Secretariat comes along, I think thoroughbreds are about as fast as they're gonna get.

Oh, and mine is Dust Commander.

[Texarkana]

Along with Secretariat, don't forget Monarchos with his sub-two minute derby. ;)

Foxtrot's-- I'm not sure where you got that fact. In the past decade, Barbaro, Funny Cide, War Emblem, Monarchos, and Fusaichi Pegasus were all faster than Whirlaway's 2:01.4.

I'm Gato Del Sol.

[ravenclaw]

Mine is the same as Barnfairy (Dust Commander - 1970).

[CaSaNoVa14]

Spend a Buck was mine in 1985

[Dispatcher]

If only I had been born a year later I could have had a claim to fame. The winner was Hill Gail and my name is Gail! Oh well.....

I remember watching most of the winners a lot of folks are mentioning. Talk about OLD!!

[rcloisonne]

Foxtrot's-- I'm not sure where you got that fact. In the past decade, Barbaro, Funny Cide, War Emblem, Monarchos, and Fusaichi Pegasus were all faster than Whirlaway's 2:01.4.
Don't forget Northern Dancer's 2:00 flat (1964) which makes him 3rd after Secretariat and Monarchos.

I'm Hill Gail. (who the heck was Hill Gail ?) :lol:

[arktos19]

Chateaugay!

Oh, I'm getting old! :eek:

[Sancudo]

Ferdinand!

[Drvmb1ggl3]

Ben Ali.

I can remember when the Derby was a real race where they went 1½m..... uphill, both ways, in the snow, and that was after pulling a milk cart all morning.
We didn't have no OTBs or online wagering back then either. No siree, we used carrier pigeons. Had the superfecta in Ben Brush's Derby, but some asshole shot my pigeon over Arkansas.

[jumpoff87]

Alysheba!

[lcw579]

Northern Dancer for me too.

First Derby I remember watching - Riva Ridge!

[PlatosGurl]

Ferdinand for me as well. Don't feel too old, folks, my spry parents were Middleground (mom) and Jet Pilot (dad). I usually clean them out on Derby day too.

[Barnfairy]

Ben Ali.

I can remember when the Derby was a real race where they went 1½m..... uphill, both ways, in the snow, and that was after pulling a milk cart all morning.
We didn't have no OTBs or online wagering back then either. No siree, we used carrier pigeons. Had the superfecta in Ben Brush's Derby, but some asshole shot my pigeon over Arkansas.My word, Drum, you are older than dirt! That would explain the curmudgeonlyness (says Barnfairy with the utmost respect for curmudgeons.) ;)

Sorry about your pigeon. It probably got et.

[eyesontheground]

My Derby Winner - Sunnys Halo

First Winner I remember - Go for Gin

Most Memorable (for me personally) - Charismatic

Hopefully today goes well!!

[spirithorse22]

I've got the filly from 1988 Winning Colors :yes: Risen Star for Preakness, Belmont, Alysheba won the Breeder's Cup Classic, AND the Distaff was won by Personal Ensign, the Juvenile by Is It True

:cool:

Also-Steffi Graff became only the third woman to win the Grand Slam of Tennis...Susan Butcher won the Iditarod...It was a girl power year, I guess. :lol:

[Leather]

Foolish Pleasure, but I prefer to think of 1975 as the year of Ruffian.

[dezeq85]

Spend a Buck

[yankeeclipper]

[QUOTE=DLee;3183456]Carry Back here.QUOTE]

me to

[Foxtrot's]

OOPS - I stand corrected! But I still think that improvements in speed would have been expected with all the studies and improvements.

[Horserich Cashpoor]

Tomy Lee- never heard of him.
And, I was born in Louisville so I was about 5 months old and probably sleeping at the time!

[2 tbs]

I was born in 1977 so my Derby Horse is

Seattle Slew!! :D (he's also my Preakness and Belmont horse)

I also share a birthday with Johnny Depp (Swoon) and Michael J. Fox.

Me too!!!!! I also now own a SS grandson - bought him 30 days before I brought him home, got him here 2 weeks after his 4th bday and 1 week after derby day which happened to be the same derby day SS passed away :cry:

And I'm jealous about your sharing a bday with Johnny Depp - *hubba hubba* :D

[Frank B]

Gallahadion in 2:05, paying $72.40 to win. The year was 1940.

[Dannie0303]

Another one for Winning Colors!

[Beasmom]

Dark Star. Well, same year; I was still in utero!

[BeastieSlave]

Lucky Debonair was my guy :)

[WhiteCamry]

YOU'RE old - I'm not even going there with mine!

But, noticing the speeds of the Derby. Anybody care to comment that in l941 Whirlaway was the first horse to go 2:01 and 2/5.
Since then no horse has gone under the 2:01 mark ...

1964: Northern Dancer (2:00)
1967: Proud Clarion (2:00 3/5)
1973: Secretariat (1:59 2/5), Sham (1:59 4/5)
2001: Monarchos (1:59.97)

[Blkarab]

1973---Secretariat!

:D

[Mimi La Rue]

My derby horse is Genuine Risk

"Genuine Risk" (foaled February 15, 1977 in Kentucky) is a chestnut mare who won the 1980 Kentucky Derby and was the first filly to ever finish in the money in all three U.S. Triple Crown races. Ridden by Jacinto Vasquez, she finished second in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. At present she is the oldest living winner of the Kentucky Derby.

She was only the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby, the first being "Regret", 65 years earlier in 1915.

Genuine Risk's first mate was the Triple Crown winner "Secretariat" in 1982. The resulting foal expected in 1983 would have made history as the first offspring of two Kentucky Derby winners. Unfortunately, Genuine Risk delivered a stillborn colt. Though scheduled to be bred to "Nijinsky II" in 1983, she was rebred to Secretariat without success. Over the next 17 years, she produced only two living foals: "Genuine Reward", a chestnut colt by Rahy in 1993, and "Count Our Blessing", a chestnut colt by Chief Honcho foaled in 1996. Neither colt ever raced. "Genuine Reward" went to stud in 1997 and currently stands in Wyoming, but "Count Our Blessing" was eventually gelded.

Genuine Risk was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, she was ranked #91.

She was retired from breeding in 2000 after losing several foals or failing to conceive. She is stabled at the Firestone's Newstead Farm in Upperville, Virginia.

[pegasusmom]

Feeling sort of old here:

1966 - Kauai King


A mere child! :lol:

Mine is Needles.

[pinkdiamondracing]

The year of Majestic Prince and Woodstock, what a year to be born!!!!:D:lol:

[Sannois]

I'm an old lady - Tim Tam was my win!
ME TOO!!!:yes:

[GB Trail Rider]

1962
Decidedly

[Roan]

1961

Carry Back for me. He also won the Preakness, but lost to Sherluk in the Belmont.

Eileen

[wolfy22]

1965 - Lucky Debonair! Willie Shoemaker aboard

[Reds-n-Greys]

Another TimTam, here.
Winner of the Derby, the Preakness and second at the Belmont having broken sesamoids :(, ridden by Milo Valenzuela, who was inducted into the NMR's Hall of Fame this spring.

[lizathenag]

Hill Gail

This was fun. 1952 was the first year the race was televised!

78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6

[sportinghorsepolo]

I'm a Swale girl! I think he got robbed too (lousy Preakness- :D says this born and bred MD'er) Too bad about his heart...