Winning Colors - 1988 Kentucky Derby

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1. Appylover33 Says:
   May 5th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

   How did she die?

2. cassilines1 Says:
   May 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

   At the age of 23, she had very bad colic and was euthanized.

3. yankeehatr Says:
   May 8th, 2008 at 11:48 am

   another great call from tom durkin at the turn for home. perfect timing

4. Appylover33 Says:
   May 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

   Oh, well that is a really long life.

5. hewey24111 Says:
   May 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am

   its dave johnson

6. RidingWithRuffian Says:
   May 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

   Wow Winning Colors was a great filly.
   Thank you for posting this on youtube.

7. castlestar99 Says:
   May 24th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

   great call entering the stretch

8. hewey24111 Says:
   May 29th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

   It sounds like an Elvis concert when Winning Colors enters the stretch with all the females in the crowd screaming

9. 47scmefly Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 12:28 am

   She made all the boys look slow that day…

10. dolcevitausa Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 11:32 am

    A daughter of Winning Colors “Ocean Colors” just broke her maiden and won by 5 1/2 lengths… could her daughter follow in her footsteps?!?

11. BIGRED224FOREVER Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    An image of greatness, on the front end, making us all horse racing fans. On this day winning colors made us rise from our seats in awe, wishing her home yelling at the t.v. to Hold em off girl!!! Big red’s my favorite but the filly owns the heart………

12. RJGrones Says:
    October 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    Notice the way that Pat Day aboard Forty Niner ..is juuuuust..about to take the lead at the first turn..
    but..
    he runs out of room..
    because she makes the turn first..
    and quicker..(that’s Gary Stevens in the saddle)..
    a key moment..
    She leads at every point of call..
    “Every pole..a winning one..”
    and fast!..
    :23, :46 4/5, and 11 and 2..
    fast.. fast.. fast..
    A great Derby..

13. BIGRED224FOREVER Says:
    November 8th, 2008 at 2:19 am

    im still in awe! this was an amazing filly with tremendous heart! great video of a great champion……… add this to the santa anita and you get inspired! what horse racing was when i was growing up watching this….. the memories are as if it was yesterday!

14. Barbaro2012 Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    a fantastic filly, one of the best ever without a doubt

15. BrennanandBoothlove Says:
    May 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Go Filly! GO!
    ~*~*Ripley*~*~

16. smokelean Says:
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    I HOPE SO

17. hdostie Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 9:43 am

    She always was and will always be my favorite race horse! RIP Winning Colors! Grey Girls are the BEST and can do ANYTHING, even when they are told it’s impossible!

18. mmcherrygirl Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    I was 8 yrs old in 1988 and I told my dad “Winning Colors is going to win” he asked why, I said “with a name like that, how can you lose?” Beautiful video, horse and race. Very cool!!

19. RJGrones Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    There’s a pensive, or maybe somewhat confounded?.. quality to Johnson’s call of the opening first quarter, which turns out to be perfectly put; his timber resonates with each fraction, and so much information all the way around!.. I contend it’s maybe the greatest race call ever.. oh, and what she did here?.. and the Santa Anita Derby 2 weeks earlier? (watch that!).. she’s one of the greats (an understatement I know).. and Lukas and Gary Stevens too.. etc.. Great moment in history..

20. ThePixiePoet Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 1:48 am

    She’s a CHARACTER! She doesn’t want to let anyone get past her!!!

    I think running her in the 3 triple crown races took something out of her. They should have only picked 1 or 2. She had worse and worse races after this!

    Still I think her fans would have complained loudly if they kept her out of the Preakness…

21. lovedbysweetie Says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    She was AWESOME!!!!!

22. joefederico Says:
    November 28th, 2009 at 10:50 am

    She was a great filly. Look who she beat. Risen Star, Forty Niner (1 of the scrappiest horses I have seen), Private Terms, Seeking the Gold (who never raced as a 2YO, Proper Reality. All champions in there own right.49er and STG carried on their rivalry when RS never raced again after the Belmont. Saw them live in the Haskell at Monmouth Park. Great race as usual and another great 3YO crop.

23. july2dude Says:
    January 21st, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    one of the greatest moments ever! what a win! and 6 minths later her epic battle with personal ensign in a race for the ages!

24. BigBrown2332 Says:
    February 15th, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    I think that this fillies best race was the Santa Anita derby. She was at her peak in that race. The time was fantastic and it was the most impressive race i have ever seen a filly run. She still ran dynamite in the derby though. I just wish she saved some of her peak for the triple crown races. Great video, thanks a lot.

25. JCjazz Says:
    April 30th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    The first Derby I ever attended. I had Winning Colors to win. You never forget your first.

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