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Pedigree fun facts: 2021 Kentucky Derby Apr 29, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com All 20 runners in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) – from the most expensive yearlings and aristocratic homebreds to the bargain basement specials – have ancestral ties to great champions.   Here’s a look at some of the fascinating pedigree angles in the 147th Run for the Roses. For deeper details on this spring’s major prep winners, see the pedigree fun facts section.  Into Mischief into history? Two-time leading sire Into Mischief smashed the North American progeny earnings record in 2020 – bankr...

Pedigree fun facts: Bourbonic Bourbonic is by Preakness winner Bernardini out of a mare by Afleet Alex who came close to the Triple Crown (NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand) Bourbonic aims to become the fourth straight generation of his male line to win a classic. Moreover, his female line is responsible for one of the greatest horses ever to lose the Kentucky Derby (G1). Bourbonic’s sire, champion Bernardini, captured the 2006 Preakness (G1), while his sire in turn, Hall of Famer A.P. Indy, won the 1992 Belmont (G2). A.P. Indy is the best son of the legendary Seattle Slew, who swe...

Pedigree fun facts: Concert Tour Mar 13, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Concert Tour is bred along a pattern similar to Maximum Security (Coady Photography/Oaklawn Park) Concert Tour is bred along a pattern similar to another homebred campaigned by Gary and Mary West – champion Maximum Security, who was disqualified after crossing the wire first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1).  Both are by sons of Street Cry and out of A.P. Indy-line mares, but Concert Tour’s rendition of the theme has a more pronounced classic flair than Maximum Security’s did. Concert Tour is by Street Cryâ...