Tom Fool

Tags: Race Horse.

Tom Fool (March 31 1949 – August 20 1976) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse a winner of the American Horse of the Year award and a Hall of Fame inductee. He sired the outstanding racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam.

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award

American Champion Older Male Horse, American Champion Sprint Horse, American Horse of the Year, New York Handicap Triple, Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland, American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse

colour

Bay (horse)

country

United States

damsire

Bull Dog (horse)

foal date

1949-03-31

grandsire

Pharamond II

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum, Tom Fool Handicap

owner

Greentree Stable

race

Grand Union Hotel Stakes, Pimlico Special, Grey Lag Handicap, Wilson Stakes, Brooklyn Handicap, East View Stakes, Empire City Handicap, Carter Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Suburban Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Jerome Stakes

sex

Stallion

sire

Menow

trainer

John M. Gaver Sr.