Grindstone Died at 29

Grindstone, the 1996 Kentucky Derby winner has died at age 29. Grindstone was humanely euthanized because of the infirmities of old age, Ben Root, operations manager for Oakhurst Equine Veterinary Services, told Horse Racing Nation. Grindstone had been retired and living on Oakhursts’s farm in Newberg, Or.

“He already had some old age, old man issues going on and he just kind of took a took a pretty hard turn the last 48 hours,” Root said. “… He just wasn’t himself, and he was extremely uncomfortable.”

Grindstone was the oldest living winner of a Triple Crown race. Silver Charm, who is at Old Friends, is now the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner.