The year my sister was born, 1975, Foolish Pleasure won the Kentucky Derby. That was a tough weird year for him. He won the Derby with Jacinto Vasquez, but the announcer, Chick Anderson, said that Prince thou Art had won in a stretch duel. In reality, FPwon with ease, and Prince thou Art with Braulio Baeza aboard was 6th! Later that year, and very tragically, he was in a match race with the ill-fated Ruffian, this time with Vasquez on Ruffian and Baeza with FP.His final record was 26: 16(12), 4(3), and 3(3). He was voted Champion 2-year-old colt, earned the National Museum Racing Hall of Fame in 1995, was voted #72 of the Top 100 racehorses, and he beat Foregoin the 1976 Suburban Handicap. And, he happened to be the first millionaire to have been sold at public auction, appearing on the block at the Fasig-Tipton Sales.
During his stud career, he travelled to 3 places, finally dying at Horseshoe Ranch in Dayton, Wyoming at the age of 22. He went into colic and died in surgery. You can read more about this champion stallion at the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolish_Pleasure
or
http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=73
or
http://www.spiletta.com/UTHOF/foolishpleasure.html
