| Vagrant | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Vagrant_(horse).jpeg) 1877 drawing by T.J. Scott | |
| Sire | Virgil |
| Grandsire | Vandal |
| Dam | Lazy |
| Damsire | Scythian (GB) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1873 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Milton H. Sanford |
| Owner | 1) Thomas J. Nichols 2) William B. Astor, Jr. 3) James J. Bevins |
| Trainer | A. Davis Pryor (at 3) James Williams |
| Record | 88: 20-12-12 |
| Earnings | $13,875 |
| Major wins | |
| Alexander Stakes (1875) Belle Meade Stakes (1875) Sanford Stakes (1875) Colt Stakes (1875) Colt and Filly Stakes (1875) Phoenix Hotel Stakes (1876) Grand Exposition Stakes (1876) American Classics wins: Kentucky Derby (1876) | |
| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1875) U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1876) | |
Vagrant (May 17, 1873 – c.1890) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his 1876 Kentucky Derby win. He was the first of nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and was a white-stockinged bay colt sired by Virgil out of the mare Lazy (by Scythian (GB)).[1] Virgil was notable for siring successful nineteenth-century race horses and stood at Milton H. Sanford's Preakness Stud in Lexington, Kentucky. Through his sire, Vagrant is related to two other early Kentucky Derby winners, Hindoo (1881) and Ben Ali (1886).[2]
- ^ Vagrant Pedigree
- ^ Jim Bolus, Run for the Roses: 100 years at the Kentucky Derby. Hawthorn Books, INC. New York, 1974.