1980: Genuine Risk:
1981: Pleasant Colony:
1982: Gato Del Sol:
1983: Sunny's Halo:
1984: Swale:
1985: Spend A Buck:
1986: Ferdinand:
1987: Alysheba:
1988: Winning Colors:
1989: Sunday Silence:
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1982 Kentucky Derby Winner
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.
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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