Burgoo King

Burgoo King
Sire	Bubbling Over
Grandsire	North Star
Dam	Minawand
Damsire	Lonawand
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1929
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	H. N. Davis &
Owner	Edward R. Bradley Silks: White, Green Hoops, White Sleeves, Green Cap
Trainer	Herbert J. Thompson
Record	21: 8-2-3
Earnings	$110,940
Major wins
American Classic Race wins: Kentucky Derby (1932) Preakness Stakes (1932)
Awards
U.S. Co-Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1932)
Last updated on March 19, 2007

Burgoo King (1929–1946) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown series but who did not run in the final race, the Belmont Stakes.

Owned by Colonel Edward R. Bradley and foaled at his renowned near Lexington, Kentucky, Burgoo King was named for a local grocer famous for his burgoo stew. Out of the mare Minawand, he was sired by Bradley's 1926 Kentucky Derby winner, Bubbling Over.

Burgoo King was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee "Derby Dick" Thompson. Although he won four of his twelve starts in 1931, Burgoo King's best result in several major races for American two-year-olds was a third-place finish in the Pimlico Futurity.

At age three, Burgoo King was unplaced in the Withers Stakes and for the Kentucky Derby was not considered a significant contender. He was sent off at betting odds of close to 6:1 behind the favored Hopeful Stakes winner Tick On. The colt was ridden by 19-year-old Eugene James, an up-and-coming jockey from Louisville, Kentucky, whom TIME magazine said had "made a sensation" in his 1931 racing season. Nonetheless, at the time, Col. Bradley's top jockey was Laverne Fator, who had first choice of any of Idle Hour's horses. Fator chose to ride the colt Brother Joe, leaving the lightly regarded Burgoo King for young James.

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