- Bald Eagle (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Bald Eagle
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sire =Nasrullah
grandsire =Nearco
dam = Siama
damsire = Tiger
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1955
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Bay
breeder = Harry F. Guggenheim
owner =Cain Hoy Stable
trainer =Woody Stephens
record = 29: 12-5-4
earnings = $692,922
race =Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (1957)Dante Stakes (1958)Craven Stakes (1958)Suburban Handicap (1959)Gallant Fox Handicap (1959)Saratoga Handicap (1959)Washington, D.C. International (1959 & 1960)Gulfstream Park Handicap (1960)Metropolitan Handicap (1960)Widener Handicap (1960)Aqueduct Handicap (1960)
awards = U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1960)
honours = #74 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
updated= December 29, 2007Bald Eagle (1955-1977) was an American-bred
Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who competed successfully both in theUnited Kingdom and the United States. The son of the champion sireNasrullah , his grandsire wasNearco .Racing at age two and three in England, Bald Eagle won several
Conditions races before his owner brought him to the U.S. where he enjoyed even more success. In 1960, at age five, Bald Eagle set new track records in winning the Metropolitan andWidener Handicap s. That same year he became the first horse to ever win theWashington, D.C. International twice, having won the prestigious forerunner to theBreeders' Cup Turf in 1959. His performances in 1960 earned Bald Eagle theEclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse .Retired to stud at
Claiborne Farm inParis, Kentucky , Bald Eagle met with only modest success, siring a dozengraded stakes race winners. His daughterSan San was purchased by Countess Margit Batthyany, owner ofHaras du Bois-Roussel inAlençon ,France and won the 1972Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . Bald Eagle was trhe damsire of Capote, the 1986Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner andAmerican Champion Two-Year-Old Colt .In 1971, Bald Eagle was sent to new breeders in France and died there in 1977.
References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/bald+eagle Bald Eagle's pedigree and racing stats]
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