Old Rosebud | |
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Sire | Uncle |
Grandsire | Star Shoot |
Dam | Ivory Bells |
Damsire | Himyar |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1911 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | John E. Madden |
Owner | Frank D. Weir & Hamilton Applegate |
Trainer | Frank D. Weir |
Record | 80:40-13-8 |
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.