![]() ![]() ![]() Eddie Arcaro, who rode Nashua, spiced the rivalry by saying before the Derby that he viewed Summer Tan, not Swaps, as the primary threat to his heavily-favored colt in the run for the roses. The California-bred son of Khaled set up a Kentucky Derby showdown with East Coast sensation Nashua by winning his first two starts as a 3-year-old, in the San Vicente Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby. “I kept pushing my father to get gas there so I could get more pictures,” Irwin said. Swaps’ popularity became so enormous that Union 76 gas stations began distributing posters of him. “He just really excited me and caught my imagination,” Irwin recalled. Barry Irwin, now the head of Team Valor International, was entering his teenage years in Southern California when Swaps burst onto the scene in 1955. ![]()
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