Sam Adams

• Owner: Rolling Acres/Ashley Foster
• Derby stats: 2 starts
• Breed: Dutch Warmblood
• Color: Bay
• Sex: Gelding
• Year foaled: 1996
• Personality: A complete people’s horse that loves his job.
• Barn name: Dutch

What makes him suited to the derby courses?: “The bigger the challenge, the better he performs,” trainer Patty Foster says.