Claim: Beau Purple was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, after his 1960 Derby Trial Stakes win and has ran only four times in 1961.
Evidence: After winning the 1960 Derby Trial Stakes, Beau Purple was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby as a result of a sore left front shin. He ran only four times in 1961, but had his best year at age five in 1962. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles (2.0 km) at Churchill Downs.