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05-14-2012, 02:32 PM
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Game loses 2 top breeder-owners in Fuller, Schoenborn
FULLER
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ges-owner-dies Peter Fuller, the New England car dealer best known for owning 1968 disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Dancer’s Image, died May 14 after a lengthy illness. He was 89. A homebred racing for Fuller, Dancer’s Image defeated Calumet Farm’s Forward Pass in the 94th renewal of the Derby on May 4, 1968, but was subsequently disqualified after he tested positive for the then-prohibited pain killer phenylbutazone in post-race testing. The Kentucky State Racing Commission ordered Dancer’s Image disqualified and first-place money awarded to Forward Pass. Fuller filed legal action and received a favorable lower court verdict that was later overturned by the Kentucky Supreme Court. Fuller, who entered the Thoroughbred business in 1951, was also prominent on the national racing scene in 1985 when his homebred Mom’s Command swept the New York Filly Triple Crown and was voted an Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old filly. As Mom’s Command embarked on her championship season, Fuller eschewed suggestions that he replace his daughter, Abby, as jockey in favor of more established and better known riders.
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