Springbok (horse)
| Springbok | |
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1877 etching by C. Lloyd.
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| Sire | Australian |
| Grandsire | West Australian |
| Dam | Hester |
| Damsire | Lexington |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1870 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | A. J. Alexander |
| Owner |
Daniel Swigert David McDaniel |
| Trainer | David McDaniel |
| Jockey | James G. Rowe, Sr. |
| Record | 25 starts, 17 wins |
| Earnings | $20,020 (approximately $446,000 today) |
| Major wins | |
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Belmont Stakes (1873) Saratoga Cup (1874, 1875) Citizen Stakes (1874) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion Older Male Horse (1874) American Co-Champion Older Male Horse (1875) |
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| Last updated on 1 February 2011 | |
Springbok (1870–1897) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the seventh Belmont Stakes in 1873. Foaled in 1870, he was sired by the imported stallion Australian, his dam was a daughter of Lexington. During his racing career he started 25 races, winning 17 of them. Besides the Belmont, Springbok won the Saratoga Cup twice, in 1874 and 1875 and was named Champion Older Male horse in 1874 and 1875. After retiring from the racetrack, he sired five stakes winners and died in 1897.
Springbok was sired by the imported horse Australian and out of the mare Hester. Hester was by Lexington and out of a mare named Heads I Say by imported stallion Glencoe. Springbok was foaled in 1870, and was a chestnut stallion, bred by A. J. Alexander of Woodburn, Kentucky. Springbok was one of 26 stakes winning foals sired by Australian. Springbok was Hester's only stakes winning foal.
At two years of age, Springbok was owned and raced by Daniel Swigert, but was sold that year to David McDaniel for $2,000 (approximately $41,000 today).
Springbok won the seventh running of the Belmont Stakes in 1873 at Jerome Park Racetrack. He carried 110 pounds (50 kilograms) in the race, which had a winning time of 3 minutes 11⁄4 seconds. He won $5,200 (approximately $106,000 today) for his owner from the race. The race was run on June 7 over a distance of 1 5⁄8 miles (i.e. 13 furlongs (2,600 meters)) on a fast track. He won the race by four lengths from the second-placed finisher, Count D'Orsay, and the third place was Strachino. The winning jockey was James Rowe, Sr., later to be a noted trainer. This was the third of three consecutive wins of the Belmont Stakes by David McDaniel as both owner and trainer, as he had already won the 1871 race with Harry Bassett and the 1872 race with Joe Daniels.
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