In spite of its name, the Derby Trial (now the Pat Day Mile Stakes) was never a major prep for Kentucky Derby winners, in part because of its temporal proximity to the main event (as little as four days in many years). Nonetheless, the race has been a springboard for a number of nice colts to the Triple Crown events, and so it gets a special three-part trivia challenge this week:
1) Who was the last Preakness Stakes winner to win the Derby Trial/Pat Day Mile Stakes?
2) Who was the last Belmont Stakes winner to win the Derby Trial/Pat Day Mile Stakes?
3) Only once have the one-two finishers in the Kentucky Derby (in either order) been the one-two finishers in the Derby Trial (in either order). Who were the colts involved in this Derby double and in what year did they stage their duels?
1) Who was the last Preakness Stakes winner to win the Derby Trial/Pat Day Mile Stakes?
2) Who was the last Belmont Stakes winner to win the Derby Trial/Pat Day Mile Stakes?
3) Only once have the one-two finishers in the Kentucky Derby (in either order) been the one-two finishers in the Derby Trial (in either order). Who were the colts involved in this Derby double and in what year did they stage their duels?
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