Nafzger is one of only 18 horse trainers to have won the Kentucky Derby twice. What people may not know is that Nafzger was a world-class bull rider — qualifying for the NFR three times in a 12-year career. He rode bulls throughout the 1960s and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo three times. His last event was in 1971 and he officially retired from bull riding in 1972, but by then he had already begun a career as a horse trainer. He won the Kentucky Derby in 1990 with Unbridled and then went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Nafzger won the Derby again in 2007 with Street Sense, a year after the horse won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in 2006, to become only the 18th horse trainer to ever win the Derby twice.
PBR Hall of Fame
Ring of Honor
Awarded in 2007
