Apollo (horse)

Apollo
SireAshstead[1] or Lever[2]
GrandsireVedette or Lexington
DamRebecca T. Price
DamsireThe Colonel
SexGelding
Foaled1879
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederDaniel Swigert
OwnerGreen B. Morris & James D. Patton
TrainerGreen B. Morris
Record55: 24-15-9
Earnings$21,680[3]
Major wins
Kentucky Derby (1882)

Apollo (1879–1887) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1882 Kentucky Derby. He was the only horse to have won the Derby without racing at age two until Justify equalled the achievement in 2018. Apollo went on to race 21 times as a three-year-old, 30 times as a four-year-old, and 4 times as a five-year-old. He won a total of 24 races.

  1. ^ "Pedigree of Apollo". Equineline. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Russo, Nicole. "Derby Watch: Apollo remains exception to rule". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Chart of the 1882 Kentucky Derby" (PDF). kentuckyderby.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.