Strike the Gold put down..

[geeker2]

Bummer...I have a Cortez- Strike the Gold, Chris Antley "Victorious over Best Pal" print hanging in my office.

[Calzone Lord]

Great Belmont with Hansel.

I was a big Strike The Gold fan in my days as a pre-teenager. I never missed a chance to try and talk my grandfather into betting on him during his long lasting losing streak.

My grandfather lost money so consistantly on him that he started calling him "Strike The Sh!t" but I could still persuade him that this would be the time that he'd win.

[Merlinsky]

Pretty upset. He's the first Derby winner I ever picked. Great Pimlico Special too. RIP. Could've been back at Old Friends, and I'm sure there was hope he might yet be one day. Michael Blowen gave it a good shot.

[Indian Charlie]

Not very many Alydars left alive.

Just saw the other day one of the last good sons of Secretariat died too, in Australia.

[PatCummings]

I know he was incredibly well-regarded in Turkey. Had sired almost 500 foals there and still has quite a few yet to race.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I know he was incredibly well-regarded in Turkey. Had sired almost 500 foals there and still has quite a few yet to race.

So is Hedo Turkoglu

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I know he was incredibly well-regarded in Turkey. Had sired almost 500 foals there and still has quite a few yet to race.

WELL REGARDED IN TURKEY is that FN POSSIBLE

[Thunder Gulch]

He won the first Derby I ever went to, and though my money was elsewhere, I was hooked on the sport that day.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Pretty upset. He's the first Derby winner I ever picked. Great Pimlico Special too. RIP. Could've been back at Old Friends, and I'm sure there was hope he might yet be one day. Michael Blowen gave it a good shot.

First one I ever picked too. Later saw Best Pal in the Super Derby, but no winning ticket on him. He was upset by a local hero by the name of Free Spirit's Joy.

[Indian Charlie]

I just read on DRF that he had a heart attack, which caused his broken leg.

[KirisClown]

From the 1991 Kentucky Derby broadcast on ABC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXDdnLaZqE