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Like the titanic battles of Affirmed and Alydar and Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, undefeated Colin owes much of his greatness to archrival Fair Play. Although he could never defeat Colin, Fair Play's game resilience provided Colin with a most formidable adversary.

1973 Triple Crown Winner Secretariat Shines in Virtual Derby

Forty-seven years after beating Sham in the Kentucky Derby, the legendary Secretariat also handled hypothetical rivals, defeating 12 fellow Triple Crown winners in a virtual Kentucky Derby on NBC and 19 other Kentucky Derby winners in the HRRN Fantasy Derby on the Horse Racing Radio Network.

Assault is led into the winner's circle after winning the 1946 Kentucky Derby.

Assault: Against All Odds

They were known as the Los Kineños. Expert Mexican cowboys teamed up with (steamboat) Captain Richard King to tame the mustangs of the Wild Horse Desert in the 1850s. The Kineños (the King people) herded the wild horses to King’s ranch, widely regarded as the historical birthplace of the finest Quarter Horses in America.

SLIDESHOW: Zenyatta Unforgettable at Oaklawn for 2010 Apple Blossom

Superstar Zenyatta was shipped to Hot Springs, Ark., for the 2010 Apple Blossom Invitational Stakes with a perfect record of 15 wins in as many starts. The 2010 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park was scheduled to be the Street Cry mare’s second career start on dirt and her second race outside of California.

Lexington: Great Racehorse, Outstanding Sire

The city of Lexington, Ky., has long been considered the center of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States. Ironically, a racehorse named Lexington was equally pivotal in developing the modern American Thoroughbred, so much so that he could be considered just as influential as the city itself.

Not bad for a stallion that was blind!

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