Damascus (horse)
| Damascus | |
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Damascus at Claiborne Farm in 1981
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| Sire | Sword Dancer |
| Grandsire | Sun Glow |
| Dam | Kerala |
| Damsire | My Babu |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1964 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft |
| Owner | Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft |
| Trainer | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. |
| Record | 32: 21-7-3 |
| Earnings | $1,176,781 |
| Major wins | |
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Remsen Stakes (1966) Preakness Stakes (1967) Belmont Stakes (1967) |
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| Awards | |
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United States Champion 3-Yr-Old colt (1967) DRF United States Champion Handicap Horse (1967) United States Horse of the Year (1967) |
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| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1974) #16 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
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| Last updated on September 20, 2006 | |
Remsen Stakes (1966)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1967)
American Derby (1967)
Aqueduct Handicap (1967, 1968)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1967)
Woodward Stakes (1967)
Dwyer Stakes (1967)
Travers Stakes (1967)
Leonard Richards Stakes (1967)
Bay Shore Stakes (1967)
Brooklyn Handicap (1968)
San Fernando Stakes (1968)
Malibu Stakes (1968)
William Dupont Jr. Handicap (1968)
Damascus (April 14, 1964 – August 8, 1995) was a Thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer (1959's Horse of the Year) out of Kerala (by My Babu) foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1967, he won the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes*, Jockey Club Gold Cup*, Wood Memorial, Travers Stakes, Dwyer Stakes (closing from 12 lengths back and spotting the runner up 16 pounds), and Woodward Stakes and was named Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old colt, plus he shared the champion handicap male honors with Buckpasser. Also in 1967, Damascus finished third in the 1967 Kentucky Derby. A high-strung horse, he was enervated by the humidity and spooked by the crowd noise, so he was thereafter given a stable pony to calm him. During the same year, top horses Dr. Fager and Buckpasser were also competing. In Blood-Horse magazine's top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Buckpasser ranks 14th and Dr. Fager ranks 6th. In a race many consider the "Race of the Century," Damascus won the 1967 Woodward by 10 lengths over both of these horses after his connections, as well as those of Buckpasser, used stablemates to set a blistering pace, thus weakening Dr. Fager. Damascus himself ranks number 16 in the Blood Horse listing.
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