[2] Owned by Jack Dudley and Bonnie Heath who raced as the D & H Stable, at age two Needles won six of ten starts, including the prestigious Hopeful Stakes.
The betting favorite, Needles won the 1956 Kentucky Derby by coming from 16th place in a field of 17 to make up 24 lengths and win "going away".
Needles came back in New York to win the grueling one and a half-mile Belmont Stakes, the final and longest leg of the Triple Crown races.
Needles was sent to stand at stud at owner Bonnie Heath's breeding farm in Marion County, Florida.
His heart and hooves are buried in the Garden of Champions at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Pavilion.