Strike the Gold
| Strike The Gold | |
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Strike the Gold.
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| Sire | Alydar |
| Grandsire | Raise a Native |
| Dam | Majestic Gold |
| Damsire | Hatchet Man |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 21 March 1988 |
| Died | December 13, 2011 (aged 23) |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Calumet Farm |
| Owner | BCC Stable |
| Trainer | Nick Zito |
| Record | 31: 6-8-5 |
| Earnings | $3,457,026 |
| Major wins | |
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Blue Grass Stakes (1991) Kentucky Derby (1991) |
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| Last updated on January 8, 2007 | |
Blue Grass Stakes (1991)
Nassau County Handicap (1992)
Pimlico Special (1992)
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.
A son of U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Alydar, Strike the Gold was purchased in 1990 for $500,000 from breeder Calumet Farm by B. Giles Brophy, William J. Condren, and Joseph M. Cornacchia, who raced him under the name BCC Stable.
Competing at age three in the Florida Derby, the colt finished second behind the 1990 U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt, Fly So Free, and ahead of third-place Hansel. Two weeks later in mid April, Strike the Gold won the Blue Grass Stakes. However, for the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, Hansel was the betting favorite with Fly So Free the second choice. Fly So Free finished fifth and Hansel was tenth behind winner Strike the Gold. Second place went to the still lightly regarded, but future great, Best Pal. Mane Minister finished third, as he did in all three of the Triple Crown races.
Strike the Gold finished sixth in the Preakness Stakes, which was won by Hansel. In the Belmont Stakes, Strike the Gold drew the outside post and at one point was twenty lengths behind the frontrunner. He fought back to battle Hansel in the homestretch, losing by a head to finish second. Later that year, Strike the Gold finished third in both the Jim Dandy Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. In all, after his Kentucky Derby win, Strike the Gold lost twelve straight starts, which resulted in a bitter dispute between his three owners over his handling by trainer Nick Zito.
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