Preakness wins by Pleasant Colony in 1981 and Hansel in 1991 helped bookend of golden age of friendly competition in Virginia breeding.
Saturday’s edition of “Off to the Races on The Racing Biz Radio Network” will feature Lazy Lane Farms’s Frank Shipp to discuss Hansel, trainer Ferris Allen, and more.
Hansel, the Virginia-bred who took the 1991 Preakness and Belmont Stakes, has been euthnanized as a result of the infirmities of old age.
“You give me 90 days, we could win a race at Charles Town,” says Frank Shipp, who managed ’91 Preakness winner Hansel’s career.