Free House (horse)
| Free House | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Smokester |
| Grandsire | Never Tabled |
| Dam | Fountain Lake |
| Damsire | Vigors |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | March 22, 1994 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery |
| Owner | John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery |
| Trainer | J. Paco Gonzalez |
| Record | 22: 9-5-3 |
| Earnings | $3,178,971 |
| Major wins | |
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Norfolk Stakes (1996) Preakness Stakes 2nd (1997) |
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| Awards | |
| California Horse of the Year (1997, 1998) | |
| Last updated on June 17, 2007 | |
Norfolk Stakes (1996)
San Felipe Stakes (1997)
Santa Anita Derby (1997)
Swaps Stakes (1997)
Bel Air Handicap (1998)
Pacific Classic Stakes (1998)
Santa Anita Handicap (1999)
San Antonio Handicap (1999)
Free House (March 22, 1994 – July 19, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that Blood-Horse Publications called one of the best California-bred horses of all time.
Free House was a gray horse bred and raced by John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery. He was the best horse sired by Smokester who won two of his four races before being retired to stud.
In 1997 Free House was the dominant three-year-old in California racing, winning the San Felipe Stakes and the most important Grade I Santa Anita Derby, both times defeating Silver Charm.
In the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, bettors sent Free House off as a more than 10:1 sixth choice behind favorites Captain Bodgit, the Florida Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes winner, and Silver Charm, the second choice. Free House started the Derby on the outside in post position thirteen. The gray colt raced at or near the lead until the final furlong when Silver Charm and Captain Bodgit caught him, and he finished third.
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