Render Judgment, co-owned by the late country legend's Dream Walkin' Farms, nicked a last-minute starting-gate spot after an injury to another horse

They called him the Bald Eagle of the Sierra. He had won more races on more tracks than anyone else in the business. He was 72 years old when he decided to schlep a colt from California to the Kentucky Derby, which he had never won. His presence at Churchill Downs in 1986 surprised everyone,