Genuine Risk
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| Sire: | Exclusive Native | |
| Dam: | Virtuous | |
| Damsire: | Gallant Man | |
| Sex: | Filly | |
| Foaled: | 1977 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Breeder: | Mrs. Sally Humphrey | |
| Owner: | Diana J. Firestone | |
| Trainer: | LeRoy Jolley | |
| Record: | 15:10-3-2 | |
| Earnings: | $646,587 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Demoiselle Stakes (1979) Kentucky Derby (1980) Ruffian Handicap (1980) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1980) | ||
| Honours | ||
| U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1986) #91 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Genuine Risk Handicap at Belmont Park |
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Infobox last updated on: 25 July, 2006. |
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Genuine Risk (born 1977) a chestnut filly, was the winner of the 1980 Kentucky Derby. She finished second the same year in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. At present she is the oldest living winner of the Kentucky Derby.
She was only the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby, the first being Regret 65 years earlier in 1915.
She produced two living foals; Genuine Reward in 1993 and Count Our Blessing foaled in 1996.
Genuine Risk was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, she was ranked #91.
She has been retired from breeding in 2000 after losing several foals or failing to conceive. She is stabled at Newstead Farm in Virginia.
