Bushranger (horse)

Bushranger (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Bushranger


caption =
sire = Stefan the Great
grandsire = The Tetrarch
dam = War Path
damsire = Man o' War
sex = Gelding
foaled = 1930
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Joseph E. Widener
owner = Joseph E. Widener
trainer = J. Howard Lewis
record = 21: 11-3-1
earnings = $20,635
race = Whitney Gold Trophy Handicap (1935)
Broad Hollow Handicap (1935 & 1936)
American Grand National (1936)
Brook Handicap (1936)
awards =
honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1967)
updated= October 17, 2006

Bushranger (1930-1937) was an American Thoroughbred steeplechase racehorse. Prepared for flat racing, at age two the grandson of Man o' War demonstrated little ability in that venue and as such his owner decided to try him in steeplechase racing. In the hands of future Hall of Fame steeplechase trainer J. Howard Lewis, Bushranger won important races at age five and six including the American Grand National, the most prestigious steeplechase race in the United States.

Bushranger was retired after his six-year-old racing season but the following year he fractured a leg during a schooling exercise at Belmont Park and had to be euthanized.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/bushranger Bushranger's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=40 Bushranger at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]


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