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Strike the Gold (March 21, 1988 – December 13, 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1991 Kentucky Derby.Upon the death of 1987 Derby winner Alysheba in March 2009, Strike the Gold became the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner, until his own death in 2011.
Gold Ship: Winner of 6 Grade I races in Japan, two of which was the Takarazuka Kinen; Golden Miller: record five-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup; only horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year; Goldencents: American-bred Racehorse and 2-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in both 2013 and 2014
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The Kentucky Derby Trophy is a set of four trophies that are awarded to the winning connections of America's most famous race: the grade one $3,100,000 Kentucky Derby.The owner receives a gold trophy while the trainer, the jockey and the breeder win a silver half size replica of the main gold trophy.
The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2,000 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in late October or early November.
Rich Strike is the second-biggest longshot to have won the Kentucky Derby after Donerail (91:1 odds) in 1913. [4] He was not in the field until Ethereal Road was scratched the day before, with Rich Strike being added from the also-eligible list for the Derby. [5] [6] Owner Richard Dawson found out about the change just 30 seconds before the ...
Sherman's first exposure to a Kentucky Derby horse was in 1955, when at the age of 18 [22] he worked for Rex Ellsworth [55] and was the exercise rider of that year's Kentucky Derby winner Swaps. [22] He was a professional jockey from 1957 [56] until 1979, when he turned to training racehorses. [57]