Coaltown
| Coaltown | |
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| Sire | Bull Lea |
| Grandsire | Bull Dog |
| Dam | Easy Lass |
| Damsire | Blenheim |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1945 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Calumet Farm |
| Owner | Calumet Farm |
| Trainer | Ben A. Jones & Horace A. Jones |
| Record | 39: 23-6-3 |
| Earnings | $415,675 |
| Major wins | |
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Phoenix Handicap (1948) Kentucky Derby 2nd (1948) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion Sprint Horse (1948) Handicap Horse of the Year (1949) Turf & Sport Digest Horse of the Year (1949) |
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| Honours | |
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United States Racing Hall of Fame (1983) #47 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
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| Last updated on December 29, 2007 | |
Phoenix Handicap (1948)
Jerome Handicap (1948)
Blue Grass Stakes (1948)
Swift Stakes (1948)
Stars & Stripes Handicap (1949)
Gallant Fox Handicap (1949)
Widener Handicap (1949)
Gulfstream Park Handicap (1949)
Arlington Handicap (1949)
McLennan Handicap (1949)
Washington Park Handicap (1949)
Roger Williams Handicap (1949)
Coaltown (1945–1965) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse of whom the New York Times 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. Coaltown, meanwhile, won eight of his thirteen starts. He won the Blue Grass Stakes in track record time and at the end of the year was voted 1948's U.S. Champion Sprint Horse.
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