Ten Broeck
| Ten Broeck | |
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| Sire | Phaeton |
| Grandsire | King Tom |
| Dam | Fanny Holton |
| Damsire | Lexington |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1872 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | John Harper |
| Owner | Frank B. Harper |
| Trainer | Harry Colston |
| Record | 30: 23-3-1 |
| Earnings | $27,550 |
| Major wins | |
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Phoenix Hotel Stakes (1875) Post Stakes (1875) Merchants' Post Stakes (1875) Maxwell House Stakes (1875) Louisville Cup (1876) Galt House Plate (1876) Bowie Stakes (1877) |
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| Awards | |
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American Co-Champion Older Male Horse (1876, 1877) |
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| Honours | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1982) | |
Ten Broeck (June 29, 1872 – June 28, 1887) was an American U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse whose 1878 match race win in Louisville, against the great California mare Mollie McCarty was immortalized in the Kentucky folk song commonly called Molly and Tenbrooks.
Bred by John Harper at his farm near Midway, Kentucky, Ten Broeck was sired by United Kingdom import Phaeton, a son of Baron Mayer de Rothschild's stallion King Tom. Ten Broeck's dam was Fannie Holton. On John Harper's death, the horse became the property of his nephew, Frank B. Harper.
Ten Broeck raced once at age two, finishing third in a race for two-year-old colts at Lexington, Kentucky. In 1875, the three-year-old Ten Broeck defeated Aristides to win the Phoenix Hotel Stakes. In May's Kentucky Derby, he moved into second place by the three-quarters of a mile pole but faded to finish fifth behind winner Aristides. Overall, that year Ten Broeck won five of his nine starts and continued to improve at age four, taking seven of eight races while setting a new World record time for a four-mile race on dirt. At age five, of his ten starts he won nine and finished second once. That only defeat came to Pierre Lorillard IV's future Hall of Fame colt, Parole, in the Baltimore Special.
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