RC correctly pegged Affectionately as the "Queen of Queens", who won 13 stakes races at Aqueduct, located in the NYC borough of Queens. She was American co-champion 2yo filly in 1962 and American champion sprinter and co-champion handicap female in 1965. The new trivia question is now up; can you guess the identity of this week's mystery matriarch?

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

Lynn S. did a bang-up job ferreting out Planet's daughter Ballet as the mystery mare in last week's question. (For the record, Ballet's American Horse of the Year descendants are The Manager, Regret, and Exterminator.) A new trivia question is now posted for everyone's enjoyment. http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

Looks like last week's "name's the same" question was a stumper. The name looked for was "Floreal," borne by the 1909 Kentucky Oaks winner (female) and the 1905 Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby) winner (male). A new trivia question is now posted for everyone's enjoyment. http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

Cheri identified Manuel as the last member of 16-time American champion sire Lexington's male line to win the Kentucky Derby. (He came home first in 1899.) A new weekly trivia question has now been posted. http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

A new trivia question is up at http://americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints. The answer to the last previous question is posted in its comments.

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

Janet was spot-on, pegging Hard Ridden as the cheapest auction yearling to become a Derby Stakes winner (the winner of the 1958 race, he sold for 270 guineas). She also had Spearmint, the 1906 winner, as the second cheapest at 300 guineas. A new trivia question is now posted for everyone's enjoyment.

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

Barbara correctly identified Count Fleet as the oldest Kentucky Derby winner of all time; he was 33 years, 8 months, and 9 days old when he died. A new trivia question is now available: http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

I was just wondering the age of the oldest mare to foal a Kentucky Derby winner or Triple Crown Winner , and the same question regarding the oldest sire. The previous question has got me wondering ........

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"The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more times than are good for them." John Hay Whitney at the annual testimonial dinner in October 1963 for the Thoroughbred Club of America

Kentucky Derby

Falsetto, age 27, sired Sir Huon (1903)
Mr. Prospector, age 27, sired Fusaichi Pegasus (1997)

Rebecca T. Price, age 21, dam of Apollo (1879)
Sweep In, age 21, dam of Kauai King (1963)


Preakness
Black Toney, age 26, sired Bimelech (1937)

Sweep In, age 21, dam of Kauai King (1963)

Belmont
imp. Bonnie Scotland, age 27, sired George Kinney (1880) - Bonnie Scotland died the year George Kinney was foaled.

Nina by Boston, age 25, dam of Algerine (1873)

Triple Crown Winners:

Oldest Sires:
Star Shoot, 18, sire of Sir Barton
Man o' War, 17, sire of War Admiral
Bold Ruler, 16, sire of Secretariat

Oldest Dams:
Somethingroyal, 18, dam of Secretariat
Lady Sterling, 17, dam of Sir Barton
Won't Tell You, 13, dam of Affirmed