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Strike the Gold (March 21 1988 – December 13 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1991 Kentucky Derby. Upon the death of 1987 Derby winner Alysheba in March 2009 Strike the Gold became the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner until his own death in 2011.A son of U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Alydar Strike the Gold was purchased in 1990 for $500000 from breeder Calumet Farm by B. Giles Brophy William J. Condren and Joseph M.
