Man o' War (horse)

Man o' War
Man o' War, 1920
Sire	Fair Play
Grandsire	Hastings
Dam	Mahubah
Damsire	Rock Sand
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	March 29, 1917 Nursery Stud, near Lexington, Kentucky
Died	November 1, 1947(1947-11-01) (aged 30)
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	August Belmont, Jr.
Owner	Samuel D. Riddle
Trainer	Louis Feustel
Record	21: 20–1–0
Earnings	$249,465
Major wins
Tremont Stakes (1919) United States Hotel Stakes (1919) Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1919) Hopeful Stakes (1919) Futurity Stakes (1919) Withers Stakes (1920) Stuyvesant Handicap (1920) Dwyer Stakes (1920) Miller Stakes (1920) Travers Stakes (1920) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1920) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1920) Potomac Handicap (1920) Kenilworth Park Gold Cup (1920) Triple Crown wins: Preakness Stakes (1920) Belmont Stakes (1920)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1919) American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1919) American Horse of the Year (1920) Leading sire in North America (1926)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1957) #1 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Associated Press #1 Horse of the 20th Century Sports Illustrated #1 greatest horse in racing history Life-size statue at Kentucky Horse Park Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park Man o' War Boulevard in Lexington, Kentucky Man o' War Road in Riddlewood, Pennsylvania
Last updated on March 20, 2017

Tremont Stakes (1919)
United States Hotel Stakes (1919)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1919)
Hopeful Stakes (1919)
Futurity Stakes (1919)
Withers Stakes (1920)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1920)
Dwyer Stakes (1920)
Miller Stakes (1920)
Travers Stakes (1920)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1920)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1920)
Potomac Handicap (1920)
Kenilworth Park Gold Cup (1920)

Man o' War (March 29, 1917 – November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred who is widely considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time. During his career just after World War I, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 in purses. He was the unofficial 1920 American Horse of the Year and was honored with Babe Ruth as the outstanding athlete of the year by the New York Times. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957. On March 29, 2017, the museum opened a special exhibit in his honor, "Man o' War at 100".

In 1919, Man o' War won 9 of 10 starts including the Hopeful Stakes and Belmont Futurity, then the most important races for two-year-old horses in the United States. His only loss came at Saratoga Race Course, later nicknamed the Graveyard of Champions, where he had a poor start and was beaten by a colt fittingly named Upset.