Point Given
| Point Given | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Thunder Gulch |
| Grandsire | Gulch |
| Dam | Turko's Turn |
| Damsire | Turkoman |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1998 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| Owner | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 13: 9-3-0 |
| Earnings | $3,968,500 |
| Major wins | |
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Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes (2000) Preakness Stakes (2001) Belmont Stakes (2001) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (2001) American Horse of the Year (2001) |
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| Honours | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2010) | |
| Last updated on May 29, 2010 | |
Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes (2000)
Hollywood Futurity (2000)
San Felipe Stakes (2001)
Santa Anita Derby (2001)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (2001)
Travers Stakes (2001)
Point Given (foaled March 27, 1998) is an American Hall of Fame champion Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old, he won the 2001 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, along with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. He is the only horse in history to win four $1 million races in a row: the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes (in which he ran the fourth fastest Belmont ever, faster than both Seattle Slew and Affirmed, each of whom won the Triple Crown), the Haskell Invitational Handicap, and the Travers Stakes. His lifetime race record was 9 wins out of 13 starts with 3 second places, earning $3,968,500. The only time he finished out of the money was in the 2001 Kentucky Derby, where he ran 5th.
Point Given was the first horse since 1967 to win the Grade 1 $1 million Preakness Stakes, the G1 Belmont, and the G1 Travers Stakes, joining an elite club of racing greats who achieved that triple: Man o' War (1920), Whirlaway (1941), Native Dancer (1953), and Damascus (1967).
He was called "The Big Red Train" or "T-Rex" by his trainer Bob Baffert, owner Prince Ahmed bin Salman, and hall-of-fame jockey Gary Stevens, as well as by the press and the handicappers who made him the betting favorite in all seven of his starts in 2001.
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