Reigh Count
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| Sire: | Sunreigh | |
| Dam: | Contessina | |
| Damsire: | Count Schomberg | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1925 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Breeder: | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | |
| Owner: | Mrs. Fannie Hertz | |
| Trainer: | Henry McDaniell Bert S. Michell |
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| Record: | 27: 12-4-0 | |
| Earnings: | $180,795 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Walden Handicap (1927) Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1927) Kentucky Derby (1928) Saratoga Cup (1928) Lawrence Realization (1928) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1928) Coronation Cup (1929) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt United States Horse of the Year (1928) |
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| Honours | ||
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1978) Reigh Count Drive in Florence, Kentucky |
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Infobox last updated on: October 10, 2006. |
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Reigh Count (1925-1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England.
Following a Championship year at age 2 when he won four of fourteen races, at age 3 Reigh Count was the dominant horse in America, winning six races including the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Chick Lang, his victory three years earlier in the Queen's Plate made him the only Canadian jockey in history to ever win the most prestigious race both in Canada and in the United States. An injury kept Reigh Count out of both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes however later in the summer in the Lawrence Realization he defeated Preakess winner Victorian. Reigh Count's performance in 1928 earned him United States Horse of the Year honors.
Shipped to race in England at age 4, in June of 1929 Reigh Count won the Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs then finished second in the Ascot Gold Cup at Ascot Racecourse. TIME magazine reported on December 16, 1929 [1] that his owner had turned down an offer of $1 million for Reigh Count saying: "I think a fellow who would pay $1,000,000 for a horse ought to have his head examined, and the fellow who turned it down must be absolutely unbalanced." Had the offer been accepted, it would have been by far the largest amount ever paid anywhere for a race horse.
Retired to stand at stud at his owner's Stoner Creek Stud in Paris, Kentucky, Reigh Count produced 22 graded stakes race winners, including the 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion Count Fleet.
[edit] References
- Reigh Count's pedigree and racing stats
- Reigh Count at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
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