Owner: Hancock and Peters Breeder: Hancock and Peters State Bred: KY 39 - 7 - 9 - 7, $1,340,107 At 2: Won Del Mar Futurity (G2) 2nd Hollywood Prevue S. 3rd Norfolk S. (G1), Balboa S. At 3: Won Kentucky Derby (G1) 2nd Belmont S. (G1), Blue Grass S. (G1), San Felipe H. (G2) At 4: Won Cabrillo H. 2nd Del Mar Invit. H. (G2) At 5: 2nd Oak Tree Invitational S. (G1), San Luis Rey S. (G1) 3rd Budweiser Million S. (G1), Santa Anita H. (G1), Carleton F. Burke H. (G2) At 6: Won Caballero H. 2nd Premiere H. Gato Del Sol was returned to the United States from Germany in 2000. He is now pensioned at Stone Farm. Owner Arthur Hancock bought him back to avoid a repeat of what happend to another famous racehorse, Exceller: an untimely death in a slaughterhouse.