Neil D. Drysdale Neil D. Drysdale is an American-based thoroughbred race horse trainer . Based in Playa Del Rey, California , he has won two Triple Crown races - the Belmont Stakes with A.P. Indy in 1992 and the Kentucky Derby with Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2000.Career Born in Haslemere , Surrey , his father was a Royal Marine who served with the U.S. Marines in Korea . Drysdale studied at the University of Barcelona , and then taught English as a foreign language - but then switched his mind to horses. He moved to Florida to work with show horses, and then became involved with racing thoroughbreds, spending two years with John Hartigan at Tartan Farms in Ocala, Florida . He then moved to a thoroughbred stable in Argentina , then managed a stud farm in Venezuela . Drysdale returned to the United States and worked as an assistant to Roger Laurin for two years, and then between 1970 and 1974 he was assistant to Charlie Whittingham in California . He says the most important things he learned from Whittingham were patience and planning . He began working for Corbin Robertson's Saron Stable in 1974, notably winning eight races with Bold 'n Determined in 1980, including a triumph over eventual division champion Genuine Risk In 1983, Drysdale opened his racing office in Playa Del Rey, California . His first major winner was Forceten , and he has since saddled a total of 31 Breeders' Cup runners and has six winners to his credit, including 1992 winner A.P. Indy - a total exceeded only by D. Wayne Lukas and Claude 'Shug' McGaughey. A.P. Indy plus Princess Rooney , Tasso and Hollywood Wildcat all went from winning the Breeders' Cup to win the Eclipse Awards , with A.P. Indy voted the 1992 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year . Noted for his patience and instinctive ability to place horses where they belong, Drysdale also conditioned Hawksley Hill , Labeeb, French Deputy, and Roanoke. Beyond his Grade 1 wins in the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Breeders'Cup, Drysdale has also won the Acorn Stakes, Apple Blossom , CCA Oaks, Hollywood Derby, Santa Anita Derby , and Molson Million Drysdale's owners now include Sheikh Maktoum and Peter Vegso As horse racing has gone international, so has Drysdale, racing horses in Dubai , Hong Kong and South Africa Inducted into Racing Hall of Fame in 2000, the year he won the Kentucky Derby with Fusaichi Pegasus, his first starter in the race.2000 Kentucky Derby Purchased for $4 million as a yearling by venture capitalist Fusao Sekiguchi, Fusaichi Pegasus is a colt who is known to be temperamental. Known to stop and just look around, the colt caused a delay at the starting gate at the Wood Memorial by rearing to throw his exercise rider But on 6 May 2000 , in 82-degree heat and before 153,204 cheering fans, Fusaichi Pegasus became the first Kentucky Derby winner since Spectacular Bid in 1979 to win the Derby as the betting favourite, and the first winner to have raced only once as a two-year-old. The others were Leonatus, Tim Tam and Lucky Debonair . Jockey Kent Desormeaux said he broke like a pony, after being trapped behind the group, but when an opening occurred, he came through strong on the rail in the stretch, taking the lead approaching the eighth pole and finishing 1½ lengths ahead of Aptitude . Fusaichi Pegasus earned an extra $250,000 paid to any colt who wins the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct and the Derby After the Kentucky Derby, many believed that Fusaichi Pegasus would win the Triple Crown. However, he was defeated by Red Bullet in the Preakness Stakes and did not race in the third leg, the Belmont Stakes. He is currently standing stud at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky
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