Count Fleet
| Count Fleet | |
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Kentucky Derby win, May 1, 1943
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| Sire | Reigh Count |
| Grandsire | Sunreigh |
| Dam | Quickly |
| Damsire | Haste |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1940 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Mrs. Fannie Hertz |
| Owner | Mrs. Fannie Hertz. Colors: Yellow, black circle on sleeves, yellow cap |
| Trainer | Don Cameron |
| Record | 21:16-4-1 |
| Earnings | $250,300 |
| Major wins | |
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Champagne Stakes (1942) Kentucky Derby (1943) Preakness Stakes (1943) Belmont Stakes (1943) |
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| Awards | |
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6th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1943) U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1943) United States Horse of the Year (1943) Leading sire in North America (1951) Leading broodmare sire in North America (1963) |
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| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1961) #5 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park |
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| Last updated on September 27, 2006 | |
Champagne Stakes (1942)
Pimlico Futurity (1942)
Wood Memorial (1943)
Count Fleet (March 24, 1940 – December 3, 1973) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He was the Triple Crown champion in 1943.
Count Fleet was foaled at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky in 1928. He was by Kentucky Derby winner Reigh Count out of a mare named Quickly, by Haste. Count Fleet was owned by the wife of John D. Hertz (1879–1961), best known for the rental car company bearing his name. John Hertz initially did not think much of Count Fleet and contemplated selling him until jockey Johnny Longden convinced him to keep the colt. Count Fleet was trained by Don Cameron and ridden by future Hall of Fame inductee Longden.
As a two-year-old Count Fleet started off slowly, losing several times before getting his first win. He gained respect with his six-length victory in the Champagne Stakes, in which he set a new track record, then followed this up by beating the best horses in the country in the Pimlico Futurity, where he equaled the track record. In the Walden Stakes, he ran away from the field, winning by more than thirty lengths. At season's end, he had won 10 of his 15 races while never being out of the money, a performance that earned him the two-year-old championship honors. He was assigned 132 lbs. on the 1942 Experimental Free Handicap, the highest impost ever.
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