- Capot
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Capot
caption =
sire =Menow
grandsire = Pharamond
dam = Piquet
damsire = St. Germans
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1946
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Brown
breeder =Greentree Stable
owner =Greentree Stable
trainer =John M. Gaver, Sr.
record = 28: 12-4-7
earnings = $345,260
race = Champagne Stakes (1948)Pimlico Futurity (1948)Laurel Futurity (1948)Preakness Stakes (1949)Belmont Stakes (1949)Pimlico Special (1949)Jerome Handicap (1949)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1949)
Co-United States Horse of the Year (1949)
honours = Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977)
updated= November 26, 2006Capot (born 1946) was an American
Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Menow out of the mare Piquet. Owned and bred byGreentree Stable , Capot was trained byJohn M. Gaver, Sr. .Racing as a two-year-old, Capot won the Champagne Stakes. At age three, ridden by
Ted Atkinson , in the American Triple Crown races Capot finished second to Ponder in the 1949Kentucky Derby then won both the Preakness andBelmont Stakes . He won othergraded stakes race s that year including thePimlico Special . His performance earned him 1949's Three-Year-Old Male Champion honors and shared the 1949 Horse of the Year title withCoaltown .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/capot Capot's pedigree and racing stats]
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