Who Cries For Eight Belles?
The beautiful grey great-granddaughter of the great Northern Dancer, winner of the Derby and sire of Derby winner Dancer’s Image and granddaughter of the 1990 Derby winner Unbridled, Granddaughter of Caro who sired Winning Colors (the last filly to win the Derby) and niece of the 1996 Derby winner Grindstone had the pedigree to win the Run for the Roses. She also had the heart of a lion and delicate crystal ankles, as all thoroughbreds do. The filly showed the world that she was the second-best 3 year old in the world on the first Saturday in May and certainly the best filly. Her nose was in Big Brown’s tail the entire way and she was running away from the field as he ran away from her. She was the best 3 year old filly in racing and if Big Brown had not been in the race, she would have joined Regret, Genuine Risk and her cousin Winning Colors as only the fourth filly to win the Run for the Roses. She ran her heart out to win because she was born and bred to run with the wind–it’s wha
