Alysheba was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987 and produced 11 stakes winners as a successful sire. A bay colt, Alysheba was purchased at the 1985 July Keeneland Sale for $500,000 by Dorothy Scharbauer and her daughter Pam.   The yearling was sent to Jack Van Berg’s training center near Goshen, Kentucky and was based there throughout his career.   Even before his first race, Jack was positive that Alysheba would prove to be one of the greatest horses of all time.  In his third race, under Don Brumfield, Alysheba ran at Turfway Park and won by 10 lengths.  Brumfield would partner with Alysheba two more times, first to finish 2nd in the In Memorial Stakes at Turfway, and then a second-place finish in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland.  Alysheba next raced in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, under Willie Shoemaker.  He was last going into the first turn – at least 15 lengths behind.  He ended up running third.  NBC commentator Dave Johnson declared “We may have just seen next year’s Kentucky Derby winner!”    Jack gave Alysheba time off after his throat operation for entrapped epiglottis and waited until the Bluegrass for his final prep for the Kentucky Derby prep.  Alysheba’s first place finish in the race confirmed that he could finally breathe again.  At the 1987 Kentucky Derby, he beat Bet Twice by a length.   Alysheba went on to beat Bet Twice in the Preakness, but his rival got the best of him in the Belmont. Alysheba finished the series with wins in the Derby and Preakness.   In 1988,  Alysheba won the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs. His winning share of the $3,000,000 purse made him the