- Donau (horse)
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Donau 
1910 Kentucky Derby winner DonauSire Woolsthorpe Grandsire Tibthorpe Dam Al Lone Damsire Albert Sex Stallion, eventually Gelding Foaled 1907 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Col. Milton Young Owner 1) Col. Milton Young
2) William GerstTrainer 1) James Blute
2) George HamRecord 111: 30-18-30 Earnings $20,156 Major wins Wakefield Stakes (1909)
American Classic Race wins:
Camden Handicap (1910)
Kentucky Derby (1910)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Donau (1907–1913) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1910 Kentucky Derby.
Pedigree
Donau was bred by Col. Milton Young, who owned both his sire and dam, but was foaled at Brookdale Farm, the property of Thomas Piatt, in Lexington.[1] Donau's dam, Al Lone, was a semi-successful selling-plater with sixteen minor racing wins to her credit in 128 starts. His sire Woolsthorpe was imported from Britain by Col. Young in the 1890s.
By Piatt's account, Donau had a fiery temper as a yearling, repeatedly kicking any other colt that would come near him, necessitating a separation from other horses.[2] Thomas Piatt raised Donau at Brookdale Farm until September 1908, when he was sold to William Gerst for $350.[2]
Racing career
Donau started 41 times as a two year old, which was considered excessive by many horsemen, even at a time when racehorses were normally raced hard at a very young age.[2] Donau's first major stakes win was the 1909 Wakefield Stakes, run at the Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, where he also started in three other races over a period of eight days.[3]
Ridden by Canadian-born jockey Frederick Herbert, Donau won the 1910 Kentucky Derby in a close finish over Joe Morris at a time of 2:06 2/5 on a fast track, winning a total of $4,850 for Gerst.[4] After the Derby win, Donau's unruly behavior worsened to a point where he would lie down on the track if prompted too harshly by racetrack employees or trainers.[2] He was gelded at the end of his three-year old season in an attempt to curb his behavior, but still retained his fiery temper.[2] Donau was retired from flat racing in December 1912, at age five.
Donau was in the process of being re-trained for steeplechasing when he died suddenly in February 1913 during a disease epidemic that killed three and sickened 18 other horses at the Nashville farm of William Gerst.[5][6]
References
- ^ Daily Racing Form. May 1, 1954
- ^ Daily Racing Form Dec. 11, 1912
- ^ "Winter track colt wins the stakes". New York Times. July 23, 1909. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D01E3DE1F31E733A25750C2A9619C946897D6CF. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ Donau Racing Stats and Pedigree
- ^ New York Tribune. "Bedwell horses at top." February 26, 1913.
- ^ "Not afraid of Hawthorne". The Daily Racing Form. February 24, 1913. http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1910s;cc=drf1910s;g=drf;xc=1;q1=gerst;q2=epidemic;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=articles;idno=drf1913022401;didno=drf1913022401;view=pdf;seq=1_2;node=drf1913022401%3A1.2;passterms=1. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
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