Blue Grass Stakes and the Triple Crown The following tabulation shows winners of Triple Crown races and where they finished in the Blue Grass Stakes. Year Horse Blue Grass Derby Preakness Belmont Year Horse Blue Grass Derby Preakness Belmont 2017 Tapwrit 5th 6th Won 1970 Dust Commander Won Won 2013 Palace Malice 2nd 12th Won 1969 Arts and Letters Won 2nd 2nd Won 2007 Street Sense 2nd Won 2nd 1968 Forward Pass Won Won** Won 1999 Lemon Drop Kid 5th 9th Won 1967 Proud Clarion 2nd Won 3rd 1996 Louis Quatorze 2nd Won 1965 Lucky Debonair Won Won 1996 Editor’s Note 3rd 3rd Won 1964 Northern Dancer Won Won Won 3rd 1995 Thunder Gulch 4th Won 3rd Won 1963 Chateaugay Won Won Won 1993 Prairie Bayou Won 2nd Won 1962 Decidedly 2nd Won 1993 Sea Hero 4th Won 1961 Sherluck Won Won 1991 Strike the Gold Won Won 2nd 1959 Tomy Lee Won Won 1990 Summer Squall Won 2nd Won 1951 Counterpoint 3rd (2nd Div.)*** 2nd Won 1990 Unbridled 3rd Won 2nd 1947 Faultless Won 3rd Won 1987 Alysheba 3rd* Won Won 1942 Shut Out Won Won Won 1983 Deputed Testamony 6th Won 1941 Whirlaway 2nd Won Won Won 1982 Gato Del Sol 2nd Won 2nd 1940 Bimelech Won 2nd Won Won 1979 Spectacular Bid Won Won Won 3rd 1926 Bubbling Over Won Won 1975 Avatar 4th 2nd Won 1921 Behave Yourself 2nd Won STAKES 1975 Master Derby Won Won 1913 Donerail 2nd Won 1974 Little Current 4th Won Won 1911 Meridian 2nd Won 1972 Riva Ridge Won Won Won *Finished first; disqualified and placed third. **Finished second to Dancer’s Image but awarded first money. ***Finished fourth, placed third through disqualification. Where Blue Grass Stakes Starters Finished in the Kentucky Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Finish Finish Odds Finish Finish Odds Finish Finish Odds –––––––––––––– 2017 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 2011 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 2005 ––––––––––––– Irap 1 18 $41.40 Brilliant Speed 1 7 $ 27.90 Bandini 1 19 $ 6.80 Practical Joke 2 5 27.80 Twinspired 2 17 32.90 High Limit 2 20 22.50 McCraken 3 8 6.90 Santiva 9 6 34.70 Closing Argument 3 2 71.60 J Boys Echo 4 15 47.30 TOTAL STARTERS 12 19 Sun King 4 15 15.70 Tapwrit 5 6 27.10 Spanish Chestnut 6 16 71.00 TOTAL STARTERS 7 20 –––––––––––––– 2010 ––––––––––––– TOTAL STARTERS 7 20 Stately Victor 1 8 $ 20.20 –––––––––––––– 2016 ––––––––––––– Paddy O’Prado 2 3 12.30 –––––––––––––– 2004 ––––––––––––– Brody’s Cause 1 7 $24.90 Make Music for Me 6 4 30.00 The Cliff’s Edge 1 5 $ 8.20 My Man Sam 2 11 19.50 TOTAL STARTERS 9 20 Lion Heart 2 2 5.40 TOTAL STARTERS 14 20 Limehouse 3 4 41.70 –––––––––––––– 2009 ––––––––––––– Action This Day 6 6 43.40 –––––––––––––– 2015 ––––––––––––– General Quarters 1 10 $ 10.30 TOTAL STARTERS 8 18 Carpe Diem 1 10 $ 7.70 Hold Me Back 2 12 12.70 –––––––––––––– 2003 ––––––––––––– Danzig Moon 2 5 22.60 Join in the Dance 5 7 51.40 Peace Rules 1 3 $ 6.30 Ocho Ocho Ocho 3 14 26.10 TOTAL STARTERS 11 19 Brancusi 2 6 29.30 Frammento 4 11 69.50 –––––––––––––– 2008 ––––––––––––– Offlee Wild 3 12 29.90 TOTAL STARTERS 8 18 Monba 1 20 $ 31.60 Ten Cents a Shine 8 8 37.20 Cowboy Cal 2 9 39.20 TOTAL STARTERS 9 16 –––––––––––––– 2014 ––––––––––––– Visionaire 5 12 25.30 Dance With Fate 1 6 $16.70 Cool Coal Man 9 15 44.10 –––––––––––––– 2002 ––––––––––––– Medal Count 2 8 26.20 Pyro 10 8 5.70 Harlan’s Holiday 1 7 $ 6.00 Harry’s Holiday 13 16 44.30 Big Truck 11 18 28.60 Ocean Sound (IRE) 3 17 48.70 Vinceremos 14 17 49.70 TOTAL STARTERS 12 20 TOTAL STARTERS 6 18 TOTAL STARTERS 14 19 –––––––––––––– 2007 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 2001 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 2013 ––––––––––––– Dominican 1 11 $ 24.90 Millennium Wind 1 11 $ 9.90 Java’s War 1 13 $21.50 Street Sense 2 1 4.90 Songandaprayer 2 13 35.90 Palace Malice 2 12 23.70 Zanjero 3 12 36.00 Dollar Bill 3 15 6.60 Charming Kitten 3 9 33.20 Teuflesberg 4 17 51.90 Invisible Ink 4 2 55.00 TOTAL STARTERS 14 19 Great Hunter 5 13 25.30 A P Valentine 5 7 19.90 TOTAL STARTERS 7 20 TOTAL STARTERS 7 17 –––––––––––––– 2012 ––––––––––––– Dullahan 1 3 $12.10 –––––––––––––– 2006 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 2000 ––––––––––––– Hansen 2 9 13.10 Sinister Minister 1 16 $ 9.70 High Yield 1 15 $ 6.20 Prospective 6 18 57.90 Storm Treasure 2 11 51.90 More Than Ready 2 4 11.30 TOTAL STARTERS 13 20 Bluegrass Cat 4 2 30.00 Wheelaway 3 5 20.80 Seaside Retreat 6 10 52.50 Deputy Warlock 4 10 20.80 TOTAL STARTERS 9 20 Hal’s Hope 8 16 22.70 TOTAL STARTERS 8 19 64 2017 Keeneland Media Guide | Stakes Rev. 8/1/17 ® Where Blue Grass Stakes Starters Finished in the Kentucky Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Horse Blue Grass Derby Derby Finish Finish Odds Finish Finish Odds Finish Finish Odds –––––––––––––– 1999 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1987 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1976 –––––––––––– Menifee 1 2 $ 7.00 Alysheba 1 (dq-pl.3) 1 $ 8.40 Honest Pleasure 1 2 $ * .40 Cat Thief 2 3 7.40 War 2 (pl.1) 13 a- 6.30 Inca Roca 3 7 67.60 Kimberlite Pipe 4 6 11.60 Leo Castelli 3 (pl.2) 7 b- 4.90 TOTAL STARTERS 7 9 Lemon Drop Kid 5 9 11.60 Avies Copy 5 3 f-24.50 Vicar 3 18 8.20 TOTAL STARTERS 5 17 –––––––––––––– 1975 –––––––––––– TOTAL STARTERS 8 19 Master Derby 1 4 $ 5.20 –––––––––––––– 1986 –––––––––––– Honey Mark 2 13 24.30 –––––––––––––– 1998 ––––––––––––– Bachelor Beau 1 14 $ 60.00 Prince Thou Art 3 6 a- 2.90 Halory Hunter 1 4 $ 6.60 Bold Arrangement (GB) 3 2 9.10 Avatar 4 2 11.40 Cape Town 3 5 4.60 Icy Groom 4 8 f-16.00 Sylvan Place 6 9 a- 2.90 TOTAL STARTERS 5 15 TOTAL STARTERS 11 16 TOTAL STARTERS 9 15 –––––––––––––– 1997 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1985 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1974 –––––––––––– Pulpit 1 4 $ 5.70 Chief’s Crown 1 3 $ * 1.20 Judger 1 8 $ -*1.50 Celtic Warrior 4 10 37.10 Floating Reserve 2 8 134.80 Gold and Myrrh 3 19 f-5.20 TOTAL STARTERS 7 13 TOTAL STARTERS 4 13 Little Current 4 5 22.60 Buck’s Bid 5 7 75.20 STAKES –––––––––––––– 1996 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1984 –––––––––––– Consigliori 6 20 f -5.20 Editor’s Note 3 6 $ x-5.90 Taylor’s Special 1 13 $ 6.80 Bold Clarion 8 21 f -5.20 Diligence 5 9 b-13.10 Silent King 2 9 4.80 TOTAL STARTERS 14 23 Skip Away 1 12 7.70 Fight Over 4 7 78.90 Semoran 6 14 c-5.60 Rexson’s Hope 5 10 f- 9.90 –––––––––––––– 1973 –––––––––––– Louis Quatorze 2 16 b-13.10 So Vague 7 11 f- 9.90 My Gallant 1 9 $ b- 5.70 TOTAL STARTERS 7 19 TOTAL STARTERS 9 20 Our Native 2 3 10.60 Warbucks 3 13 7.20 –––––––––––––– 1995 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1983 –––––––––––– Forego 5 4 28.60 Thunder Gulch 4 1 $ 24.50 Play Fellow 1 6 $ 10.90 Navajo 6 7 52.30 Tejano Run 3 2 8.60 Desert Wine 2 2 15.90 Royal and Regal 7 8 28.30 Suave Prospect 2 11 13.10 Marfa 2 (dq-pl.4) 5 a-*2.40 TOTAL STARTERS 9 13 Jambalaya Jazz 5 15 a-18.00 Freezing Rain 5 13 c- 23.50 Wild Syn 1 19 18.80 Highland Park 7 17 c- 23.50 –––––––––––––– 1972 –––––––––––– TOTAL STARTERS 6 19 TOTAL STARTERS 12 20 Riva Ridge 1 1 $ *1.50 Sensitive Music 2 5 31.00 –––––––––––––– 1994 ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1982 –––––––––––– Introductivo 4 4 52.90 Mahogany Hall 3 9 $ f-16.70 Gato Del Sol 2 1 $ 21.20 Majestic Needle 6 12 f -8.90 Holy Bull 1 12 2.20 Wavering Monarch 3 12 39.50 Our Trade Winds 11 13 f -8.90 Valiant Nature 2 13 12.00 New Discovery 7 18 f- 8.90 TOTAL STARTERS 11 16 TOTAL STARTERS 7 14 TOTAL STARTERS 9 19 –––––––––––––– 1971 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1993 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1981 –––––––––––– Impetuosity 1 13 $ c -5.10 Sea Hero 4 1 $ 12.90 Proud Appeal 1 18 $a- *2.30 Twist the Axe 2 10 c -5.10 Prairie Bayou 1 2 4.40 Golden Derby 3 21 a- *2.30 Knight Counter 4 17 f -8.70 Corby 7 6 a-17.40 Double Sonic 4 11 f- 7.90 Tribal Line 7 7 80.80 Wallenda 2 13 12.50 Beau Rit 5 13 f- 7.90 On the Money 10 15 b-41.60 Dixieland Heat 3 12 20.80 Habano 7 20 f- 7.90 TOTAL STARTERS 13 20 TOTAL STARTERS 9 20 TOTAL STARTERS 11 21 –––––––––––––– 1970 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1992 –––––––––––– –––––––––––––– 1980 –––––––––––– Dust Commander 1 1 $ 15.30 Dance Floor 4 3 $ 33.30 Rockhill Native 1 5 $ * 2.10 Corn Off the Cobb 2 7 13.10 Conte Di Savoya 2 4 21.30 Super Moment 2 4 8.60 Naskra 3 4 15.90 Ecstatic Ride 3 14 f-12.80 Gold Stage 3 12 41.50 Action Getter 6 13 f -10.10 Pistols and Roses 1 16 13.40 Bold ‘n Rulling 5 6 68.70 Admiral’s Shield 7 6 29.70 TOTAL STARTERS 11 18 Hazard Duke 9 13 58.90 Dr.