- Colorado King
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Colorado King Sire Grand Rapids Grandsire Machiero Dam Courageous Damsire Fairthorn Sex Stallion Foaled 1959 Country South Africa Colour Chestnut Breeder Birch Bros. Owner P.S. Louw (SA)
Poltex Stable (USA)Trainer Sydney C. Laird (SA)
Wally Dunn (USA)Record 41: 17-3-7 Earnings R64,590 (SA) + $251,825 (US) Major wins Juvenile Stakes (1962)
Cape of Good Hope Derby Stakes (1963)
Cape of Good Hope Guineas (1963)
Durban July Handicap (1963)
Sunset Handicap (1964)
American Handicap (1964)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1964)Honours Colorado King Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse SA Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on April 12, 2007 Colorado King (foaled 1959) was a South African Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed successfully in the United States. Virtually all thoroughbred horses in the Southern Hemisphere are born between July 1 and December 31, and the South African racing year begins on August 1 whereas in the United States they are usually born between January and March.
Conditioned by renowned trainer Sydney C. Laird, Colorado King won ten races in South Africa including the Cape Derby plus that country's premier event, the Durban July Handicap. Sold to an American racing partnership led by William R. (Fritz) Hawn, he raced under the Poltex Stable banner in California. There, under trainer Wally Dunn, Colorado King won six races in 1964 including the Hollywood Gold Cup in which he defeated Native Diver and the American Handicap where he equaled the world record for 9 furlongs. In 1965 he won only once in nine starts before being retired to stud where he met with limited success as a sire.
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Categories:- 1959 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses bred in South Africa
- Racehorses trained in South Africa
- South African racehorses
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- American racehorses
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