Old Rosebud

Old Rosebud
Old Rosebud winning the 1914 Kentucky Derby
SireUncle
GrandsireStar Shoot
DamIvory Bells
DamsireHimyar
SexGelding
Foaled1911
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederJohn E. Madden
OwnerFrank D. Weir & Hamilton Applegate
TrainerFrank D. Weir
Record80:40-13-8
Earnings$74,729
Major wins
Flash Stakes (1913)
Harold Stakes (1913)
United States Hotel Stakes (1913)
Clark Handicap (1917)
Queens County Handicap (1917)
Delaware Handicap (1917)
Carter Handicap (1917)
Red Cross Handicap (1917)
American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (1914)
Awards
Unofficial American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1913)
Unofficial U.S. Champion Handicap Horse (1917)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1968)
#88 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Last updated on September 21, 2006

Old Rosebud (March 13, 1911 – May 23, 1922) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose pedigree traced to the influential sire Eclipse, and through Eclipse to the founding stallion, the Darley Arabian. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, Old Rosebud ranks 88th. Despite a successful racing career, Old Rosebud was plagued by ailments throughout his life, culminating in a fatal injury at a claiming race when he was 11 years old.