Canonero II

Canonero II

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Canonero II


caption = Sports Illustarted cover depecting "Canonero II"
sire = Pretendre
grandsire = Doutelle
dam = Dixieland II
damsire = Nantallah
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1968
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Edward B. Benjamin
owner = Pedro Baptista
King Ranch (late 1971)
trainer = Juan Arias
Buddy Hirsch (1972)
record = 23: 9-3-4
earnings = $360,804
race = Kentucky Derby (1971)
Preakness Stakes (1971)
Stymie Handicap (1972)
awards=U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1971)
honours =
updated= September 27, 2006

Canonero II (1968-1981), (in Spanish: "Cañonero II") was a Venezuelan champion thoroughbred race horse.

Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Kentucky, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for a mere $1,200 at the Keeneland auction. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his native Venezuela where it earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old.

Because of his breeding, Canonero II qualified for the Kentucky Derby, the most prestigious event in United States thoroughbred horse racing. Trained by Juan Arias and ridden by jockey, Gustavo Avila, in the spring of 1971, the owner shipped them and the horse to Louisville, Kentucky for the big race. There, Canonero II was dismissed as a horse that did not belong in such elite company and was listed at the bottom of the pack of the betting odds as part of a six-horse pool.

In the Derby's 20-horse field, Canonero II shocked everyone by coming from 18th place to storm past the competition, easily winning the race by 3 3/4 lengths. The most astonishing upset in the great race's history was deemed nothing more than a fluke by many of horse racing's experts who predicted that Canonero II would never win another race. However, in the Preakness Stakes, the second of the Triple Crown races, Canonero II put an end to any doubts about his greatness by winning the race and setting a new track-record time in the process.

The third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes held near New York City, was run before the largest crowd in its history. The stands were filled with members of the city's large Latino community, there to cheer on their new hero. However, a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, saw Canonero II take the race lead only to struggle across the finishing line in 4th place. Despite this loss, he was named the winner of the 1971 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

Sold to King Ranch, Hall of Fame trainer Buddy Hirsch nursed Canonero II back to health. The following year in the Stymie Handicap at Belmont Park, the horse put on the best performance of his career by setting a track record while defeating the great three-year-old champion Riva Ridge.

Retired to stud at the end of 1972, Canonero II died in 1981.

Referencecs

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/canonero2 Canonero's pedigree]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1971.html Statistics for Canonero II's Kentucky Derby]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909889-2,00.html June 14, 1971 TIME magazine article titled "The Year of Canonero"]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=3267 Canonero II's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves]


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