War Emblem Set the Pace, Won the Race. By Andrew Beyer. May 5, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. LOUISVILLE -- Just as generals are always fighting the last war, jockeys frequently ride the last race.

War Emblem, the winner of the 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1), has died at age 21, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center announced March 11.

War Emblem, winner of the 2002 Kentucky Derby, has died, the Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center announced Wednesday. He was 21. War Emblem was also winner of the Preakness Stakes.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. >> War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, died today at age 21. He had been at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center since 2015 after returning from Japan ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, died from a ruptured small intestine. Michael Blowen, founder and President of Old Friends Farm, released the ...

War Emblem, winner of the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, died Wednesday at age 21 in a paddock accident at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, Ky. He was trained ...

The necropsy report of War Emblem, who was found deceased at Old Friends March 11, determined that the 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner died from a ruptured small intestine.