Snow Knight
| Snow Knight | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Firestreak |
| Grandsire | Pardal |
| Dam | Snow Blossom |
| Damsire | Flush Royal |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 28 February 1971 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | J. A. Claude Lilley |
| Owner | Sharon Phillips Windfields Farm (1975) |
| Trainer | 1) Peter Nelson (England) 2) James C. Bentley (Canada) 3) MacKenzie Miller (USA) |
| Record | 22: 9-5-2 |
| Earnings | US$532,427 (equivalent) |
| Major wins | |
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Brighton Beach Handicap (1975) Epsom Derby (1974) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Male Turf Horse (1975) | |
| Honours | |
| Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977) | |
Brighton Beach Handicap (1975)
Man o' War Stakes (1975)
Manhattan Handicap (1975)
Canadian International Championship (1975)
Seneca Handicap (1975)
Snow Knight (foaled 28 February 1971 in England) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won Britain's most prestigious race in 1974, the Epsom Derby, then the following year earned an Eclipse Award as the American Champion Male Turf Horse.
Snow Knight was bred by J. A. Claude Lilley, a textile manufacturer and the proprietor of Quarry Stud on Duffield Bank in Makeney, Derbyshire. Lilley had owned and raced Pretendre, sire of the 1971 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Canonero II. Snow Knight's dam was Snow Blossom, a daughter of Flush Royal, winner of England's Great Yorkshire Stakes and the Prix Noailles in France. His sire was the speedy runner Firestreak who had been owned by Canadian lawyer Neil F. Phillips, whose wife Sharon purchased Snow Knight at auction as a yearling for £5,200.
Trained by Peter Nelson, at age two Snow Knight made five starts, winning two and finishing second twice. At age three, in the trial races for the Epsom Derby, he finished second in the Betfred Classic Trial Stakes at Sandown Park and third in the Lingfield Derby Trial.
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