Sea Hero is still the oldest Kentucky Derby winner at 27 but due to recent events we lost the oldest Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner with Hansel passing at 29. The new record holders are Silver Charm at 23 and the only Classic winner who has connections to the 1980's is A.P. Indy at 28 years old being foaled in 1989 and winning the Belmont Stakes in 1992.
21/26 KD winners are living
19/26 PS winners are living
22/26 BS winners are living
Barbaro, Charismatic, and Summer Bird were where the consecutive streaks started with 2007-2017 in the Derby, 2000-2017 in the Preakness and 2010-2017 in the Belmont without being interrupted by a passing of a Classic winner.
I would love to see A.P. Indy break the 35 year mark but that is still 7 years off. One of my favorite horses ever. Just an update.
P.S. Charismatic passed in February after I made the initial list.