Texas horseman Billy Hanna died Sept. 15 after a long battle with cancer.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006Sunny's Halo will be re-interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, where he raced to his greatest triumph in the 1983 Kentucky Derby (gr. I).
Wednesday, June 21, 2006Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame announced its 2006 inductees Tuesday, headlined by the late Steve Stavro in the Builders' category.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006Former jockey David Penna, who won 1,772 races during a 19-year career that began in 1978, died on Tuesday in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 46.
Friday, January 16, 2004Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye, who rode Sunny's Halo to victory in the 1983 Kentucky Derby, mourned the loss of the horse, who was euthanized Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 04, 2003Sunny's Halo, the 1983 Kentucky Derby winner, was euthanized Tuesday at Double S Thoroughbred Farm in Tyler, Texas due to the infirmities of age. He was 23.
Wednesday, June 04, 2003Backstretch peers at Santa Anita expressed praise for the man known as "Eddie D" Wednesday, two days after the 51-year-old Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye announced his retirement from racing.
Wednesday, January 15, 2003Former trainer David Cross Jr., who won the 1983 Kentucky Derby with Sunny's Halo, will launch a new career as a jockey agent at Hollywood Park next week with apprentice Jorge Carreno.
Wednesday, November 06, 2002Winning the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) is the ultimate dream for many trainers. David Cross was one of the lucky ones, saddling Sunny's Halo to take the Run for the Roses in 1983.
Thursday, October 31, 2002The trainer's trophy presented to David Cross after he saddled Sunny's Halo to win the 1983 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) was sold for $8,928.56 Monday on Ebay.
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
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