In Edgar Prado's book, My Pal Barbaro, he says he is 17 hands tall. The excerpt is here:
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Barbaro was the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner
A horse named Wintergreen was the winner of the 1909 Kentucky Derby.
Barbaro broke his hind leg in the 2006 Derby.
The 1997 Kentucky Derby winner was Silver Charm.
The winner of the 1951 Kentucky Derby is Count Turf
Aristedes who was the very winner of the Kentucky derby!
The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of the Triple Crown, a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes becomes the Triple Crown Winner
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The Kentucky Derby was first run on 17 May 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky and Aristides was the winner.
There was no Kentucky Derby on 1851. The first Kentucky Derby was run in 1875, and won by a horse named Aristides.
After the death of Strike the Gold earlier this week, Sea Hero (1993) is now the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner.
Barbaro was cremated and his remains are interred between Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum.