Kentucky Derby 1980-1989

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:

Miscellaneous.

Racehorse Winning Colors wasn't a beautiful horse, but she was still belle of the ball.
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I managed to win only $450 on the quarter progressive. A Dallas woman visiting Lake Tahoe hit the $6.7 million quarter jackpot.

She is going to use the money towards buying her dream home.

If I had had it, I would have immediately retired from my job.
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Here Are

a couple of obits of Winning Colors, the Kentucky Derby winner who was euthanized February 17 at the age of 23:

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She was trainer D. Wayne Lukas' first Derby winner.

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And Here

is the 1988 Kentucky Derby, where Winning Colors beat the boys and became only the third filly ever to win the race:

Here is the Great

1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff:

Obituaries.

Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors, only the third filly and the last one to have won the classic race when she won it in 1988, has been euthanized as a result of suffering from colic. She was 23 years old.

Although her wire-to-wire win in the Derby was impressive, to say the least, her greatest race was in the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff, one of the greatest races of all time. It appeared she had the race won in the homestretch at Churchill Downs, but four-year-old Personal Ensign nosed her at the wire in literally the last stride to win and retire undefeated.

A great race. Winning Colors will always be remembered.