Donau (horse) owner of the Gerst Brewing Company in Nashville, Tennessee. William Gerst named the colt Donau after the Danube River. William Gerst remarked on Donau's qualities and personality, "[he] has the speed of a sprinter, the courage of a bulldog, and the gameness of a fighting cock." Fred Herbert, Donau's jockey in the Derby, said of the often temperamental horse, "he likes to be in company and don't fret a bit when he comes on the track with another horse, while just alone he is a bit nervous." Donau spent much of his early racing career in California. Donau started 41
Donau (horse) Donau (horse) Donau (1907–1913) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1910 Kentucky Derby. Donau was known for his often temperamental and difficult personality, which led to him being gelded at the end of 1910. Donau started in 111 races over his three-year flat racing career and was in the process of being retrained for steeplechasing when he died at the age of six years in February 1913 at the Nashville farm of his owner William Gerst. Donau was bred by Colonel Milton Young, who owned Donau's sire. At the time of Donau's birth, Col. Young