Kentucky Derby
Genuine Risk was only the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby. The first was Regret, winning the 1915 Derby 65 years earlier. Since then, Winning Colors won in 1988. Genuine Risk also raced in the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, placing 2nd in both of them; the only other filly to compete in all of the triple crown legs was Winning Colors, who won the Kentucky Derby, placed 3rd in the Preakness Stakes and then placed 6th in the Belmont Stakes.
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