ProfessorDonkey said:
Remember to always put some money on the gray horse.
The first gray horse to win the Run for the Roses was Determine in 1954. He was a very small horse, estimated to weigh only about 870 pounds. He was so small that the man who bought him for $12,000, a California automobile dealer named Andrew J. Crevolin, said he “…must have been standing in a hole when he inspected the colt.” His breeder offered to take him back, but Crevolin refused, explaining that he might be letting a Kentucky Derby winner get away.
Giacomo was the last gray to win the Kentucky Derby in 2005. Not a good choice in the derby, lol. Grays (IRE) are very good runners and primarily bred to race on the Turf, not the Dirt. Cheers Professor and GL. Cheers!