High Gun
| High Gun | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Heliopolis |
| Grandsire | Hyperion |
| Dam | Rocket Gun |
| Damsire | Brazado |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1951 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Kellar M. & W. Paul Little/Cary Boshamer |
| Owner | King Ranch |
| Trainer | Max Hirsch |
| Record | 24: 11-5-4 |
| Earnings | US$486,025 |
| Major wins | |
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Peter Pan Handicap (1954) Belmont Stakes (1954) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (1954) American Champion Older Male Horse (1955) |
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Peter Pan Handicap (1954)
Dwyer Stakes (1954)
Manhattan Handicap (1954)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1954)
Sysonby Mile (1954, 1955)
Metropolitan Handicap (1955)
Brooklyn Handicap (1955)
High Gun (foaled 1951 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
His sire, Heliopolis, was a two-time Leading sire in North America. His dam was Rocket Gun whose damsire was Man o' War.
Trainer Max Hirsch purchased High Gun for Robert J. Kleberg's King Ranch for $10,200 at the 1952 Keeneland Yearling Sale.
In 1954 High Gun was the best Three-Year-Old colt in the United States, winning the Peter Pan Handicap, Dwyer Stakes, the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Belmont Stakes, and then beat older horses in the Manhattan Handicap, Sysonby Mile, and Jockey Club Gold Cup. In November of that year, an injury kept High Gun out of the prestigious Washington, D.C. International Stakes won by Fisherman, a colt High Gun had beaten in June's Belmont Stakes and October's Jockey Club Gold Cup.[1] High Gun was voted the 1954 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. [2]
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