In 1996, Grindstone won the Louisiana Derby (which at
the time was a grade III and run in mid-March), prepped for the
Kentucky Derby in the Arkansas Derby, and went on to capture the roses
by a nose.
Three years later in 1999, Charismatic, who had run in a $62,500
claimer at Santa Anita in February, won the Lexington Stakes at
Keeneland before shocking the field at 31-1 to win the Derby. Both
horses were trained by D. Wayne Lukas but neither were based in
Louisiana or Kentucky.
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