Go For Gin – 1994 Kentucky Derby
Go For Gin, Holy Bull, Strodes Creek, Brocco, Tabasco Cat and a full field go to post..
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January 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 am
Fantastic! Great footage. Go For Gin ran huge that day. Thanks partymanners. Take care.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Would have been A LOT better if Holy Bull won. Some people still say the horse was drugged that day.
February 4th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Go for Gin was a true mudder. It was obvious that he was going to run huge this day. I was on the Holy Bull band wagon this day though.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:52 am
me 2, very disappointing that Holy Bull didnt win, but it would have been nice if he stayed on the triple crown triple
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I say the Mud was a factor, He did not do anything in his 2 previous starts in the Mud. The Fountin of Youth and the Belmont Futurity both Mud races.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm
He made a gret run in the Metropolitan Mile. Once he lost the Derby, No need to run him in the rest. I think getting a mile and a quarter out of him in the Travers was rather lucky, Considering the Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner came out of the Travers (Concern)
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I take it back not the Belmont Futurity. The Fountin of Youth and Kentucky Derby Only.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I am tired of the Holly Bull talk. He was a good horse and that is it period. I rank him a few steps below Easy Goer and Sunday Silence. His connections was scared to run him in the real tough races that could have really proved his greatness.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:22 pm
i own one of Go for Gin’s sons prince, hes so sweet and is an awesome jumper
June 25th, 2008 at 12:34 am
This was the first race I ever really watched, so it will always be special to me. I was 13 at the time. Thank you for posting it.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Today, Chris (Go for Gin jockey) manages a academy for students 18 and over to learn how to be a jockey and responseability for racehorses in Lexington KY.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
My horses daddy!:)
September 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Go For Gin had a very good Triple Crown, winning the Derby, 2nd in the Preakness, and losing a tough stretch battle in the Belmont. Really had a disappointing summer and fall; the TC can really take the starch out of a horse. In his prep for the Derby he ran 2nd in the Wood to Irgun. Remember him? He was a very talented horse, but was injured right after the Wood. He would have been a factor that year. Just one of many that injuries compromised.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Holy Bull was a very good horse who had arguably the best year by a 3 year old in the 90s.However,he was no Sunday Silence or Easy Goer. Bull lost the Derby and then skipped the other 2 Triple Crown races, and also didnt show in the Breeders Cup Classic,although healthy. He won only one race over 9 furlongs, the Travers. And while he showed alot of heart in that race,it was only a five horse field,Tabasco Cat showed nothing, and Concern, while a BC Classic winner,had a penchant for 2nds and 3rds
October 24th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I love that call!
And DOOOWN stretch the COME!
March 7th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Holy Bull was a monster. Watch his races in the Met Mile and the Woodward. I guarantee this – had he not gotten hurt in the 95 Donn, Cigar does not win 16 in a row!
April 28th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
The bottom line is Cigar actully won. Potential and talent are nice, but it’s all about crossing the line first and some horses have that something extra to do it. If you get a chance, visit Cigar at the Horsepark. He’s still a ham.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:28 am
Dude I agree with you, Holy Bull was the baddest of them. Some bad luck and he’s just Holy Bull, a little more luck it would have been Cigar???
July 12th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
cigar was no holy bull.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
sunday silence and easy goer were legit horses lets not forget alysheba.i saw them on the west coast as a young man and let me tell you they were no HOLY BULL.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I’ll never forget this one… This was the race that Mike Smith wasn’t ready for the start when the gate opened. The Bull never had a chance when Smith didn’t break him up front.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I was there and cashed the win and show.