Triple Crown race wins:Kentucky Derby (1944)Preakness Stakes (1944)Pensive (February 5, 1941 – May 20, 1948) was a bright chestnut Thoroughbred racehorse that in 1944 won the first two legs of the U.S.
Pensive was brought to the United States still in utero by Arthur B. Hancock, who then sold the mare to the owner of Calumet Farm, Warren Wright.
Pensive began his training under Calumet's future Hall of Fame trainer Ben A. Jones.
[2] Pensive, ridden by Conn McCreary, won the Kentucky Derby going away by four and a half lengths.
Pensive was in the lead when Bounding Home inched by to take the race by less than half a length.