Regret (horse)

Regret
Regret and owner Harry Payne Whitney
Sire	Broomstick
Grandsire	Ben Brush
Dam	Jersey Lightning
Damsire	Hamburg
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1912
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Harry Payne Whitney
Owner	Harry Payne Whitney. Racing silks: Light Blue, white sash, brown cap.
Trainer	James G. Rowe, Sr.
Record	11: 9-1-0
Earnings	$35,093
Major wins
Saratoga Special Stakes (1914) Sanford Stakes (1914) Hopeful Stakes (1914) Kentucky Derby (1915) Saranac Handicap (1915) Gazelle Handicap (1917)
Awards
Unofficial American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1915) Unofficial American Horse of the Year (1915)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957) #71 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs
Last updated on June 4, 2007

Regret (April 2, 1912 – April 11, 1934) was a famous American thoroughbred racehorse and the first of three fillies to ever win the Kentucky Derby .

She was foaled at Harry Payne Whitney's Brookdale Farm in Lincroft, New Jersey. The filly was sired by Broomstick, the 1913-1915 leading sire inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (son of Ben Brush, also inducted into the Hall of Fame). She was out of Jersey Lightning, who goes back to Longfellow through his Kentucky Derby-winning son, Riley. Regret was bred by owner Harry Payne Whitney.

Trained by James G. Rowe, Sr., in 1914 Regret became the first of only four horses to ever win all three Saratoga Race Course events for two-year-olds: the Saratoga Special Stakes, Sanford Stakes and Hopeful Stakes. Joining her would be Campfire (1916), Dehere (1993), and City Zip (2000). The following year, campaigning as a three-year-old, she won the 1915 Kentucky Derby, her first race as a three year old, and became the first filly of three to do so. Regret was also the first undefeated horse to win the Kentucky Derby, and had only three starts prior to the race (matched by Big Brown in 2008). Regret was retrospectively named American Horse of the Year.