| Favorite Trick | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Phone Trick |
| Grandsire | Clever Trick |
| Dam | Evil Elaine |
| Damsire | Medieval Man |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Max and Sylvia Wood |
| Owner | Joseph LaCombe |
| Trainer | Patrick B. Byrne William I. Mott (at age 3) |
| Record | 16: 12-0-1 |
| Earnings | $1,726,793 |
| Major wins | |
| Hopeful Stakes (1997) Kentucky Breeders' Cup Stakes (1997) Bashford Manor Stakes (1997) Saratoga Special Stakes (1997) Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1997) Swale Stakes (1998) Long Branch Breeders' Cup Stakes (1998) Jim Dandy Stakes (1998) Keeneland Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes (1998) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1997) | |
| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1997) United States Horse of the Year (1997) | |
| Last updated on March 30, 2021 | |
Favorite Trick (April 20, 1995 – June 6, 2006) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1997 became the first 2-year-old in twenty-five years to be voted United States Horse of the Year.
Bred at Wintergreen Farm in Midway, Kentucky by Max Wood and his wife, Sylvia, Favorite Trick was out of the mare Evil Elaine. His sire was the successful sprint horse Phone Trick, who retired with a record of nine wins and a second in ten career starts. A descendant of the great Nearco through both his sire and dam, Favorite Trick was selected by trainer Patrick B. Byrne at an auction in February 1997 as a purchase for Joseph LaCombe. Lacombe had previously had owned several horses in partnership with others.