Brokers Tip

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Brokers Tip
Sire Black Toney
Grandsire Peter Pan
Dam Forteresse
Damsire Sardanapale
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1930
Country United States Flag of the United States
Colour Brown
Breeder Idle Hour Stock Farm
Owner Edward R. Bradley. Silks: White, Green Hoops, White Sleeves, Green Cap
Trainer Herbert J. Thompson
Record 14: 1-2-1
Earnings $49,600
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Kentucky Derby (1933)
Honours
Interred - Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs

Brokers Tip (1930-1953) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse in history whose sole win came in the Kentucky Derby. His Derby win went down in history as the "Fighting Finish" because Brokers Tip's jockey Don Meade and Herb Fisher, the jockey aboard rival Head Play, literally fought one another atop their mounts down the homestretch. In an era before photo finishes, Brokers Tip was declared the winner by a nose.

Retired to stud duty, Brokers Tip sired Market Wise, a multiple stakes winner and 1943 Co-champion Handicap Horse.

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