Discovery (horse)

Discovery
Sire	Display
Grandsire	Fair Play
Dam	Ariadne
Damsire	Light Brigade
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1931
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.
Owner	Adolphe Pons Alfred G. Vanderbilt II (at age 3)
Trainer	John R. Pryce Joseph H. "Bud" Stotler (at age 3)
Record	63: 27-10-10
Earnings	$195,287
Major wins
Potomac Handicap (1934) Brooklyn Handicap (1934, 1935, 1936) Whitney Handicap (1934, 1935, 1936) Kenner Stakes (1934) Merchants' and Citizens' Handicap (1935) Arlington Handicap (1935) Rhode Island Handicap (1934) Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1935) Wilson Stakes (1935, 1936) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1935) Saratoga Handicap (1936) American Classic Race placing: Kentucky Derby 2nd (1934)
Awards
Retrospective United States Horse of the Year (1935) Retrospective U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1935) U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1936)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1969) #37 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Discovery Handicap run at Aqueduct Race Track

Potomac Handicap (1934)
Brooklyn Handicap (1934, 1935, 1936)
Whitney Handicap (1934, 1935, 1936)
Kenner Stakes (1934)
Merchants' and Citizens' Handicap (1935)
Arlington Handicap (1935)
Rhode Island Handicap (1934)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1935)
Wilson Stakes (1935, 1936)
Stars and Stripes Handicap (1935)
Saratoga Handicap (1936)

Discovery (1931–1958) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from 1933 to 1936 he ran sixty-three times and won twenty-seven races. One of the leading American three-year-olds of his generation in 1934, he became a dominant performer in the next two seasons. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame said that he was: "...considered one of the greatest horses of the 20th century."

A bright chestnut horse with a white blaze and white hind feet, Discovery was foaled at Walter J. Salmon's Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by the Preakness Stakes winner Display, another product of Mereworth. His dam, Ariadne, was a member of Thoroughbred family 23-b, which has produced many notable American racehorses including Zev, Affirmed and Winning Colors.

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