Fitz Herbert

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Fitz Herbert


caption =
sire = Ethelbert
dam = Morganatic
damsire = Emperor
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1906
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Perry Belmont
owner = 1) A. Jack Joyner
2) Herman Brandt (1908)
3) Sam Hildreth (1908)
4) Charles Kohler (1910)
trainer = Sam Hildreth
record = 44: 31-7-3
earnings = Not found
race = Suburban Handicap (1909)
Jerome Handicap (1909)
Lawrence Realization Handicap (1909)
Brooklyn Handicap (1910)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1909)
U.S. Champion Handicap Horse (1910)
Horse of the Year (1909 & 1910)
honours =
updated= November 18, 2006

Fitz Herbert (1906-not found) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Perry Belmont, he was owned by trainer A. J. Joyner who sold him in early 1908 to Herman Brandt for $3,500 who later that year sold him to trainer Sam Hildreth.

For Hildreth, he was ridden by jockey Cal Shilling, Fitz Herbert earned back-to-back United States Horse of the Year awards. His major victories came in long races, something his trainer specialized in. In the 1909 Lawrence Realization Handicap, the horse set a world record for a 1-5/8 mile race.

In a deal described by the "New York Times" as the "biggest sale in years," in February of 1910 Hildreth sold Fitz Herbert for $40,000 to Charles Kohler, owner of Ramapo Stock Farm in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. Due to the legislated ban on parimutuel betting by the state of New York, a few weeks later Fitz Herbert and other horses owned by Kohler were shipped to stables at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in France where he was conditioned to compete in steeplechase racing.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/fitz+herbert Fitz Herbert's pedigree and racing stats]