Hialeah Park Race Track
In the lead-up to the 1970 U.S. Triple Crown series, My Dad George was shipped to South Florida for the winter. In January 1970, he placed third to Naskra in the Everglades Stakes at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida, at a mile and one eighth. In February, he won the historic Flamingo Stakes, also at Hialeah Park Race Track, at a mile and one eighth. In March, My Dad George won the grade 1 Florida Derby at a mile and one eighth at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida . He went on to compete in and place second to Dust Commander in the mile and one quarter Kentucky Derby at the Churchill Downs in early May as the 5-2 favorite.