Omaha, buried at Ak-Sar-Ben, was one of the immortals of American horse racing. His sire, Gallant Fox, won the Triple Crown in 1930, and Omaha matched that feat in 1935 by winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, making them the only father-son combination to achieve that honor. Foaled on March 24, 1932, at Claiborne Breeding Farm in Paris, Kentucky, Omaha was owned by William G. Woodward's Belair Stud. The chestnut colt, out of Flambino by Wrack, stood 16.3 hands and weighed 1,300 pounds in his prime. He was trained by "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons and ridden in his great American races by William "Smokey" Saunders. As a four-year-old he was shipped to England, where he won the Victor Wild Stakes and the Queen's Plate, then was retired to stud after his fourth season. In 1950 breeders interested in improving Nebraska thoroughbreds brought him to Nebraska, where he lived at the Grove Porter Farm near Nebraska City until his death on April 24, 1959.