Tom Ochiltree
| Tom Ochiltree | |
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Tom Ochiltree
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| Sire | Lexington |
| Grandsire | Boston |
| Dam | Katona |
| Damsire | Voucher |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1872 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Woodburn Stud (A. J. Alexander) |
| Owner |
J. F. Chamberlain W. H. Chamberlain George L. Lorillard |
| Trainer |
R. Wyndham Walden Anthony Taylor |
| Record | 33: 21-5-3 |
| Earnings | $41,455 |
| Major wins | |
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Annual Sweepstakes (1875) Preakness Stakes (1875) |
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| Awards | |
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American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1875) American Co-Champion Older Male Horse (1876) |
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| Honours | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee (2016) | |
Annual Sweepstakes (1875)
Dixie Stakes (1875)
Baltimore Cup (1876, 1877)
Monmouth Cup (1876)
Saratoga Cup (1876)
Continental Cup (1876)
Westchester Cup (1877)
Grand National Handicap (1877)
All-Aged Stakes (1877)
Tom Ochiltree (1872–1897), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1875 Preakness Stakes and several other major stakes. In 1877, he lost in one of the most famous match races of the nineteenth century – a race that had been so anticipated that both houses of Congress were adjourned so members could attend. In 2016, Tom Ochiltree was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Tom Ochiltree was bred by A.J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud and was one of the last offspring of the great foundation stallion, Lexington. He was an enormous colt, eventually reaching 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) high with a girth of 76 inches. According to racing historian Walter Vosburgh, "For size, bone, and coarseness, Tom Ochiltree surpassed all contemporaries."
Purchased by J. F. Chamberlain at the 1873 Woodburn yearling sale for $500, he was later resold to tobacco heir George Lynde Lorillard. He was named after Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree, who joined the Texas Rangers at age 14, fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, became a newspaper editor and served as a United States Congressman. The colt was originally trained by Hall of Fame conditioner Wyndham Walden, the founder of Bowling Brook Farm in Carroll County, Maryland).
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