Sun Briar | |
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Sire | Sundridge |
Grandsire | Amphion |
Dam | Sweet Briar |
Damsire | St. Frusquin |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1915 |
Country | France |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Marcel Boussac |
Owner | Willis Sharpe Kilmer |
Trainer | Henry McDaniel |
Record | 22: 8-4-5 |
Earnings | $74,355 |
Major wins | |
Great American Stakes (1917) Saratoga Special Stakes (1917) Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1917) Albany Handicap (1917) Hopeful Stakes (1917) Travers Stakes (1918) Delaware Handicap (1918) Champlain Handicap (1919) | |
Awards | |
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1917) American Champion Older Male Horse (1919) |
Sun Briar (foaled 1915 in France) was a Thoroughbred racehorse retrospectively named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1917 and the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1919 by writers from The Blood-Horse magazine. He was a son of Sundridge, the 1911 Champion sire in Great Britain who also sired Epsom Derby winner Sunstar. Sun Briar was out of the mare Sweet Briar, the daughter of St. Frusquin, a multiple winner of top-level races including the 1896 British Classic and the 2,000 Guineas Stakes. St. Frusquin was also a leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1903 and the Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1924.