Equipoise (horse)

Equipoise
SirePennant
GrandsirePeter Pan
DamSwinging
DamsireBroomstick
SexStallion
Foaled1928
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederHarry Payne Whitney
OwnerCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
TrainerFred Hopkins
Thomas J. Healey
Record51: 29-10-4
Earnings$338,610
Major wins
Eastern Shore Handicap (1930)
Great American Stakes (1930)
Juvenile Stakes (1930)
Keene Memorial Stakes (1930)
National Stallion Stakes (1930)
Pimlico Futurity (1930)
Harford Handicap (1932)
Havre de Grace Handicap (1932)
Whitney Handicap (1932)
Stars and Stripes Handicap (1932)
The Toboggan (1932)
Metropolitan Handicap (1932, 1933)
Wilson Stakes (1932, 1933)
Arlington Handicap (1933)
Philadelphia Handicap (1933, 1934)
Suburban Handicap (1933)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1933)
Saratoga Cup (1933)
Dixie Handicap (1934)
Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1930)
U.S. Champion Older Horse
(1932, 1933, 1934)
U. S. Horse of the Year (1932, 1933)[1]
Leading sire in North America (1942)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957)
Equipoise Mile Handicap at Arlington Park
#21 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

Equipoise (1928–1938) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from 1930 until 1935, he ran fifty-one times and won twenty-nine races. A leading two-year-old in 1930, he missed most of the next season, including two of the three American Triple Crown races through injury and illness. "Ekky"[2] returned to the track in 1934 and proved to be a dominant champion, winning numerous important stakes races in the next three years. Equipoise died in 1938 after a short but promising stud career.

  1. ^ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Equipoise is big favorite". Milwaukee Journal. 1935-02-23. Retrieved 2012-02-22.