Tags: Race Horse.

Coaltown (1945–1965) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse of whom the New York Times [1] said was probably the most underrated Thoroughbred of the 20th Century.Coaltown was nicknamed The Goose by the stable employees at Calumet Farm for his way of outstretching his long thin neck when he ran. Racing at age three in 1948 he was overshadowed by stablemate Citation finishing second to him in the Kentucky Derby. Citation became the 8th U.S. Triple Crown Champion.

award
American Champion Older Male Horse, American Champion Sprint Horse, American Horse of the Year
breeder
Calumet Farm
colour
Bay (horse)
country
United States
damsire
Blenheim (horse)
grandsire
Bull Dog (horse)
honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
owner
Calumet Farm
race
Kentucky Derby, Gallant Fox Handicap, Arlington Handicap, McLennan Handicap, Gulfstream Park Handicap, Widener Handicap, Phoenix Stakes (United States), Fred Cappy Capossela Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Blue Grass Stakes, Washington Park Handicap, Jerome Stakes, Stars and Stripes Stakes, Roger Williams Handicap
sex
Stallion
sire
Bull Lea
trainer
Ben A. Jones

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Coaltown"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.