- Friar Rock
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Friar Rock
caption =
sire =Rock Sand
grandsire =Sainfoin
dam =Fairy Gold
damsire =Bend Or
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1913
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder =August Belmont, Jr.
owner = August Belmont, Jr.
trainer =Sam Hildreth
record = 21: 9-?-?
earnings = $20,365
race = Adirondack Stakes (1915)Brooklyn Handicap (1916)Suburban Handicap (1916)
Saratoga Cup (1916)American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1916)
awards= United States' Horse of the Year (1916)
honours =
updated= August 25, 2007Friar Rock (1913-
January 8 ,1928 ) was a Champion AmericanThoroughbred racehorse. Owned and raced by the prominentNew York City businessman,August Belmont, Jr. , he was foaled at Belmont'sNursery Stud nearLexington, Kentucky . A chestnut colt with inherited Bend-Or spotting, he was out of Belmont's imported English damFairy Gold , who also producedFair Play , the sire ofMan o' War . Friar Rock was sired byRock Sand , the 1903 English Triple Crown champion purchased by August Belmont, Jr. from Sir James Miller and brought to the United States.Trained by the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,
Sam Hildreth , Friar Rock was sent to the track at age two, earning wins in the 1915 Adirondack and Whirl Stakes. At age three, Friar Rock was the dominant horse in American racing. After winning the importantBrooklyn Handicap andSuburban Handicap s, the Saratoga Cup, and theBelmont Stakes , he was selected United States' Horse of the Year.August Belmont, Jr. sold Friar Rock shortly after his win in the 1 3/4 miles
Saratoga Cup . New owner,John E. Madden , brought him to stand at stud at hisHamburg Place farm in Kentucky. Only a minor success as a sire of racers, Friar Rock did produce the noteworthy runner Pilate who in turn was the sire ofEight Thirty . However, Friar Rock proved to be a goodbroodmare sire and on five occasions was in the top ten on the annual broodmare sire's list. One of his best known wasFriar's Carse , the United States' Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and dam ofWar Relic .In 1918 Friar Rock was sold again and his new owners brought him to
Santa Rosa, California to stand at Rancho Wickiup where he remained for the rest of his life. Diagnosed as suffering fromperitonitis , Friar Rock died at age fifteen on January 8, 1928.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/friar+rock Friar Rock's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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