Exterminator
- Oil on Canvas
- 10 x 14 in
- Richard Stone Reeves
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EXTERMINATOR winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, 1922 Horse of the Year. åÊ Exterminator was never confused with a beauty queen. He passed through the Saratoga yearling sales with little fanfare and was described by his purchaser, trainer J. Calvin Milam, as ‰ÛÏtoo lean and growthy.‰Û Even though his sire McGee had sired the Kentucky Derby winner Donerail just two year before Exterminator‰Ûªs birth, Exterminator was so lanky and coarse as a 2-year-old he was gelded. By the end of his eight-year career, Exterminator had earned the nickname ‰ÛÏOld Bones‰Û because of his bony, aged appearance. But beauty is as beauty does, and Exterminator won 50 of his 99 starts, including the Kentucky Derby. Exterminator was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1957. He retired in 1924, kept company by a series of ponies, all named Peanuts.