Nashua (horse)

Nashua
Nashua & Clem Brooks at Spendthrift Farm in 1981
SireNasrullah
GrandsireNearco
DamSegula
DamsireJohnstown
SexStallion
Foaled1952
CountryUnited States
ColorBay
BreederBelair Stud
OwnerBelair Stud
Racing silks: White, red dots, red cap.
TrainerSunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Record30: 22–4–1
Earnings$1,288,565
Major wins
Futurity Stakes (1954)
Hopeful Stakes (1954)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1954)
Juvenile Stakes (1954)
Flamingo Stakes (1955)
Florida Derby (1955)
Arlington Classic (1955)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1955)
Dwyer Stakes (1955)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1955, 1956)
Grey Lag Handicap (1956)
Monmouth Handicap (1956)
Suburban Handicap (1956)
Widener Handicap (1956)

American Classic Race wins:
Preakness Stakes (1955)
Belmont Stakes (1955)

Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1954)
U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1955)
United States Horse of the Year (1955)
Honors
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1965)
#24 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack
Last updated on August 14, 2021

Nashua (April 14, 1952 – February 3, 1982) was an American-born thoroughbred racehorse, best remembered for a 1955 match race against Swaps, the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby.