Prairie Village, Kansas: Derby Winner Grave in Housing Development
Lawrin, the only Kentucky Derby winner (1938) from Kansas, and his sire, Insco, are buried in a suburban cul-de-sac on land that was once a horse farm.
- Address:
- 59 Le Mans Court, Prairie Village, KS
- Directions:
- From Mission Rd turn west onto W. 80th St. This quickly becomes Le Mans Court, and leads directly to the graves, which are in the middle of the cul de sac at its end.
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Lawrin, the only Kentucky Derby winner (1938) from Kansas, and his sire, Insco, are buried in a suburban cul-de-sac on land that was once a horse farm.
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The graves were here long before the surrounding homes, but the horses have still been treated regally, given an impressive fenced burial plot in the middle of what is now a suburban housing development.