Telly's Pop | |
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Sire | Bold Combatant |
Grandsire | Bold Ruler |
Dam | Count Us Mary |
Damsire | Count of Honor |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1973 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
Breeder | Melvin F. Stute & Ken Dodd |
Owner | Howard Koch & Telly Savalas |
Trainer | Melvin F. Stute |
Record | 17: 6-1-2 |
Earnings | US$353,995 |
Major wins | |
Haggin Stakes (1975) Del Mar Futurity (1975) Norfolk Stakes (1975) California Juvenile Stakes (1975) California Derby (1976) | |
Awards | |
California Champion Two-Year-Old Colt |
Telly's Pop (foaled February 25, 1973 in California) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to ever win the California Triple Crown for two-year-olds.[1] [2] He was purchased for $6000 by the racing partnership of Hollywood film director and producer Howard Koch and actor Telly Savalas who named the horse for his father.[3]