Old Bones The Wonder Horse

"This is the true, rags-to-riches story of Exterminator, one of the greatest and best-loved American Thoroughbred race horses.

Old Bones, as he was affectionately called, came out of nowhere to win a Kentucky Derby and to run a hundred races before his retirement." Exterminator's career record of 33 stakes wins has never been broken. From the book, Old Bones, The Wonder Horse by Mildred Mastin Pace: "Born May 30, 1915, at the W.D. Knight farm, near Lexington, Kentucky. Dam, Fair Empress, Sire, McGee. An unknown in 1918, he won the Kentucky Derby. He went on to become America's top winner of cup races and, many claim, the greatest (and smartest!) thoroughbred ever developed in the United States. Retired in 1924, at the age of nine, when he pulled up lame in his 100th race. Died in 1945, at the ripe old age of thirty. Exterminator is buried beside his constant companion, the pony Peanuts, and near his old stablemate, Sun Briar. Old Bones was his name - a funny nickname he was given as a skinny little foal. Here is the story of Old Bones - the true and thrilling story of a wonder horse." His story reminds us that no matter what others think of us, we can do the impossible.