This Day in History: 1960-01-29

Future Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Carry Back finished tenth in his debut, a three-furlong race for two-year-old maiden runners at Hialeah. Sired by Saggy, the only horse to defeat Citation during his three-year-old season, out of an undistinguished mare named Joppy, Carry Back became a popular runner and was dubbed “the people’s horse.”