First Landing (horse)
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| First Landing | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Turn-To |
| Grandsire | Royal Charger |
| Dam | Hildene |
| Damsire | Bubbling Over |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1956 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Meadow Stud, Inc. |
| Owner | Meadow Stable |
| Trainer | Casey Hayes |
| Record | 37:19-9-2 |
| Earnings | $779,577 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Champagne Stakes (1958) Monmouth Handicap (1958) Hopeful Stakes (1958) Saratoga Special Stakes (1958) Garden State Futurity (1958) Derby Trial (1959) Everglades Stakes (1959) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1958) | |
| Infobox last updated on: November 20, 2006. | |
First Landing (1956-1987) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Turn-To, a grandson of the great Nearco, he was out of the mare, Hildene, whose sire was the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner, Bubbling Over. Hildene was completely blind and died when First Landing was a yearling.
Nicknamed "Lazy Bones", First Landing was the United States 2-yr-old Champion but would not achieve the same success racing at age three. In the 1959 racing season, he finished second in the Wood Memorial Stakes then after winning the Derby Trial was made the betting favorite for the Kentucky Derby. However, ridden by Eddie Arcaro he finished a well-beaten third behind Sword Dancer and winner, English-bred Tomy Lee.
Retired to Christopher Chenery's stud farm, First Landing sired a number of Graded stakes race winners including Riva Ridge who won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
First Landing died at the age of 31, in 1987.
