Gato Del Sol (Sun Cat) was euthanized Tuesday due to infirmities of old age.
He was 28 years old, one of the oldest surviving Kentucky Derby winners.
Not only do I remember him winning the Kentucky Derby, I also remember when he lost the 1982 Travers (along with 1982 Belmont winner and favorite Conquistador Cielo) to longshot Runaway Groom.
The article notes, and I want to note as well, Gato Del Sol was sold to foreign interests in 1992, but co-breeder and original co-owner Arthur B. Hancock III bought him back because his wife, Staci, feared he would wind up in a slaugterhouse like Exceller or Ferdinand.
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