Fitz Herbert

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Fitz Herbert

Sire	Ethelbert
Dam	Morganatic
Damsire	Emperor
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1906
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Perry Belmont
Owner	1) A. Jack Joyner 2) Herman Brandt (1908) 3) Sam Hildreth (1908) 4) Charles Kohler (1910)
Trainer	Sam Hildreth
Record	44: 31-7-3
Earnings	Not found
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Suburban Handicap (1909) Jerome Handicap (1909) Lawrence Realization Handicap (1909) Brooklyn Handicap (1910)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1909) U.S. Champion Handicap Horse (1910) Horse of the Year (1909 & 1910)
Infobox last updated on: November 18, 2006.

Fitz Herbert (1906-not found) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Perry Belmont, he was owned by future U.S. Hall of Fame trainer A. J. Joyner who sold him in early 1908 to Herman Brandt for $3,500 who later that year sold him to another future Hall of Fame inductee, trainer Sam Hildreth.

For Hildreth, he was ridden by another future Hall of Famer, jockey Cal Shilling, Fitz Herbert earned back-to-back United States Horse of the Year awards. His major victories came in long races, something his trainer specialized in. In the 1909 Lawrence Realization Handicap, the horse set a world record for a 1-5/8 mile race.

In a deal described by the New York Times as the "biggest sale in years," in February of 1910 Hildreth sold Fitz Herbert for $40,000 to Charles Kohler, owner of Ramapo Stock Farm in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. Due to the legislated ban on parimutuel betting by the state of New York, a few weeks later Fitz Herbert and other horses owned by Kohler were shipped to stables at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in France where he was conditioned to compete in steeplechase racing.