Snow Knight | |
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Sire | Firestreak |
Grandsire | Pardal |
Dam | Snow Blossom |
Damsire | Flush Royal |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 28 February 1971[1] |
Country | Great Britain |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | J. A. Claude Lilley |
Owner | Sharon Phillips Windfields Farm (1975) |
Trainer | 1) Peter Nelson (England) 2) James C. Bentley (Canada) 3) MacKenzie Miller (USA) |
Record | 22: 9-5-2 |
Earnings | US$532,427 (equivalent) |
Major wins | |
Brighton Beach Handicap (1975) Man o' War Stakes (1975) Manhattan Handicap (1975) Canadian International Championship (1975) Seneca Handicap (1975) British Classic Race wins: Epsom Derby (1974) | |
Awards | |
American Champion Male Turf Horse (1975) | |
Honours | |
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977) | |
Last updated on 25 August 2023 |
Snow Knight (28 February 1971 – 15 September 1992) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a three-year-old in 1974, he won Britain's most prestigious race, the Derby, then the following year earned an Eclipse Award as the American Champion Male Turf Horse.