Fabius (horse)
| Fabius | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Citation |
| Grandsire | Bull Lea |
| Dam | Shameen |
| Damsire | Royal Minstrel |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 6, 1953 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Calumet Farm |
| Owner | Calumet Farm |
| Trainer | Horace A. Jones |
| Record | 65: 18-9-12 |
| Earnings | $ 331,384 |
| Major wins | |
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Forerunner Stakes (1956) Preakness Stakes (1956) |
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Forerunner Stakes (1956)
Derby Trial Stakes (1956)
Jersey Stakes (1956)
Armed Handicap (1957)
Fabius (foaled April 6, 1953) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career that lasted from 1955 through 1957, he ran sixty-two times and won eighteen races. He is best known for his performances in the 1956 Triple Crown: after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby. he won the Preakness Stakes and finished third in the Belmont Stakes.
Fabius was a "delicate-looking" brown horse bred and raced by Lexington, Kentucky's Calumet Farm. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Citation, who won the 1948 U.S. Triple Crown for Calumet in 1948 and became an inductee of the Hall of Fame. Citation was considered a disappointment as a stallion, and Fabius was his only winner of a Triple Crown race. He was out of the mare Shameen, a daughter of British Eclipse Stakes winner Royal Minstrel, who was a son of 2,000 Guineas Stakes winner Tetratema. As a member of Thoroughbred "Family" 3-o, Fabius was distantly related to the British Classic winners Santa Claus, Carrozza and Shahrastani. Although Fabius was bred in Kentucky, his pedigree was overwhelmingly European: of the sixteen horses in the fourth generation of his pedigree, only two were of American origin.
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