 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
(FRONT) Fair Play-Mahubah by Rock Sand - Greatest race horse and leading money winner of his day. Winner of twenty of twenty-one starts with lifetime earnings of $249,465. Foaled March 29, 1917, at August Belmont's Nursery Stud a few miles away. Sold at auction as yearling for $5,000 to Samuel D. Riddle, his owner throughout his racing career and later retirement. "Big Red" sired 62 stakes winners, his get earning over $3.5 million. War Admiral, Triple Crown winner, was most famous of his offspring. Man o' War died November 1, 1947; lies buried beneath this statue by noted sculptor Herbert Haseltine
(REVERSE)RACES WON BY MAN o' WAR
2-YEAR OLD 1919
2 YEAR OLD, 1919
Futurity – Tremont
Grand Union Hotel – U. S. Hotel
Hopeful – Youthful
Hudson – Purse Race
Keene Memorial – at Belmont
Won all entered as 2-year old, except second in Sanford Memorial
3 YEAR OLD – 1920
Belmont – Potomac
Dwyer – Preakness
Jockey Club – Stuyvesant
Kenilworth Gold Cup – Travers
Lawrence Realization – Withers
Miller
Won all entered as 3 year old, eight in record time.
The Thoroughbred Club of America - 1968
Entrance to the Kentucky Horse Park - Near Man o' War Statue Fayette County Kentucky
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