Dapper Dan (horse)
Dapper Dan (foaled 1962 in Kentucky) was an American racehorse who was bred by Dorothy Dorsett Brown and owned and raced by Ogden Phipps. He had an outstanding sophomore season, finishing second or fourth in five stakes races. The son of Ribot and grandson of Nasrullah is remembered for his closing finishes to place second in the 1965 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Racing career As a three-year-old, Dapper Dan finished second in three of his first four stakes races that spring. In March, he placed second in the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. He then ran fourth in the Wood Memorial Stakes. On the first Saturday of May in the 1965 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Dapper Dan faded to near the back of the pack early and closed to finish second to Lucky Debonair. He ran the last quarter mile in track record time of 23 1/5 seconds. That record stood until Secretariat's :23 flat in 1973. In the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes. Dapper Dan went off as fifth choice at 7:1 in a strong field of ten three year-old colts. He broke from post eight and settled in seventh place