Kentucky Derby Champ “I’ll Have Another” Returning to Betfair Hollywood Park

"I’ll Have Another," winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, will have one last hurrah when fans bid him farewell Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The colt will be paraded between races at the Hollywood Gold Cup.

Jockey Mario Gutierrez, who rode "I’ll Have Another" to victory in both races, and trainer Doug O’Neill will be signing autographs before racing begins for the day.

Betfair Hollywood Park has been the colt’s home track throughout his career.

He was recently sold to Shigeyuki Okada, owner of Big Red Farm on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, where he will begin stud duty. The colt will stand at stud alongside "Conduit," the two-time Breeders’ Cup Turf winner.

"I'll Have Another" fell short of his attempt to become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner when a tendon injury forced him to retire just a day before the Belmont Stakes. He was the 4-to-5 favorite to win the race and could have become the first Triple Crown winner since "Affirmed" in 1978.

During his career, "I’ll Have Another" won five races in seven starts and earned $2,693,600.

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