Sir Barton

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Sir Barton
SirBarton-Johnny Loftus-1919Preakness.jpg
Sir Barton & jockey Johnny Loftus, 1919
Sire Star Shoot
Grandsire Isinglass
Dam Lady Sterling
Damsire Hanover
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1916
Country United States
Colour Chestnut
Breeder John E. Madden
Owner J. K. L. Ross
Trainer H. Guy Bedwell
Record 31: 13-6-5
Earnings $116,857
Major wins
Kentucky Derby (1919)
Preakness Stakes (1919)
Belmont Stakes (1919)
Potomac Handicap (1919)
Withers Stakes (1919)
Saratoga Handicap (1920)
Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1920)
Awards
1st U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1919)
Unofficial United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1919)
Unofficial United States Horse of the Year (1919)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1957)
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1976)
#49 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Sir Barton Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
Sir Barton Way in Lexington, Kentucky
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

Sir Barton, (1916–1937), was a chestnut thoroughbred colt who in 1919 became the first winner of the American Triple Crown.

He was sired by leading stud Star Shoot out of the Hanover mare Lady Sterling. His grandsire was the 1893 English Triple Crown champion, Isinglass.[1]

Sir Barton was bred in Kentucky by John E. Madden and Vivian A. Gooch at Hamburg Place Farm near Lexington. Madden raced him in his two-year-old season. He was entered in six races, winning none. Madden sold the horse in 1918 for $10,000 to Canadian businessman J. K. L. Ross.[2]

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[edit] Triple Crown

Ross placed Sir Barton in the hands of trainer H. Guy Bedwell and jockey Johnny Loftus. At three, he made his season debut as a maiden in the Kentucky Derby. He was supposed to be the rabbit for his highly regarded stablemate, a horse named Billy Kelly. (A rabbit is a speed horse set up to wear out the rest of the field, thereby allowing another horse to win.) However, it was Sir Barton who led the field of 12 horses from start to finish, winning the race by five lengths.[3] Just four days later, the horse was in Baltimore and won the Preakness Stakes, beating Eternal. Again he led all the way. He then won the Withers Stakes in New York and shortly thereafter completed the first Triple Crown in U.S. history by easily winning the Belmont Stakes, setting an American record for the mile and three-eighths race, the distance for the Belmont at the time. Amazingly, Sir Barton's four wins were accomplished in a space of just 32 days. He was voted the 1919 Horse of the Year, American racing's highest honor.

[edit] 1920: four-year-old season

As a four-year-old, Sir Barton won five of the 12 races he entered during the 1920 season. In one of these races, the Saratoga Handicap, he beat the great Exterminator. While carrying 133 pounds, Sir Barton set a world record for 1 3/16 miles on dirt in winning the August 28, 1920 edition of the Merchants and Citizens Handicap. [4] However, it was his match race on October 12 that year against the great Man o' War at Kenilworth Park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada that is most remembered. Sir Barton, bothered by sore hooves on Kenilworth's hard surface, was beaten by seven lengths.

[edit] Retirement and stud

He retired to stud that year, virtually forgotten by the public. In 1922 Ross sold Sir Barton to B. B. Jones who stood him at his Audley Farm in Berryville, Virginia, where he remained until 1933 [3]. In December 2008, a statue was unveiled of Sir Barton in front of Audley Farm's stallion barn. The statue, by American sculptor, Jan Woods, was a gift from Erich von Baumbach, Jr., whose family has had an association with the farm for thirty years.[5]

As a sire, Sir Barton enjoyed only moderate success and spent the better part of the rest of his life as a working horse with the U.S. Army Remount service in Fort Robinson, Nebraska until being sold to rancher J.R. Hylton in Douglas, Wyoming.[6]

Sir Barton died of colic on October 30, 1937 and was buried on a ranch in the foothills of the Laramie Mountains. Later though, his remains were moved to Washington Park in Douglas, Wyoming where a memorial was erected to honor America's first Triple Crown winner.[7]

[edit] Honors and awards

Sir Barton was officially recognized by the governing body as the first triple crown winner in 1948

Sir Barton and Star Shoot both have a street named in their honor in Lexington, Kentucky, in the Hamburg Shopping Center. Sir Barton Way runs from Winchester Road To Man O' War Blvd; Star Shoot runs out on to Sir Barton. [8] He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957.[9] In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, he is no. 49.

[edit] Breeding

Pedigree of Sir Barton
Sire
Star Shoot		 Isinglass Isonomy Sterling
Isola Bella
Deadlock Wenlock
Malpractice
Astrology Hermit Newminster
Seclusion
Stella Brother To Strafford
Toxophilite Mare
Dam
Lady Sterling		 Hanover Hindoo Virgil
Florence
Bourbon Belle Bonnie Scotland
Ella D.
Aquila Sterling Oxford
Whisper
Eagle Phoenix
Au Revoir

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Sir Barton's pedigree with photo". Pedigreequery.com. 1937-10-30. http://www.pedigreequery.com/sir+barton. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame - Builder - Commander J.K.L. Ross, 1976". Canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com. http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/builders/1976/Commander_Ross.html. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  3. ^ "2006 | 2012 Kentucky Oaks & Derby | May 4 and 5, 2012 | Tickets, Events, News". Kentuckyderby.com. 1967-01-12. http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1919.html. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  4. ^ Special to The New York Times. (1920-08-29). "SIR BARTON SETS NEW WORLD MARK - Carries Heavy Impost to Hair's Breadth Victory in Speed Duel with Gnome. MANY OBJECT TO VERDICT Lots of Onlookers Protest the Award After Finish of Merchants and Citizens. PRUDERY RUNS GREAT RACEProves Herself Best of Two-YearOld Fillies by Easy Triumphin the Spinaway Stakes. A Feast for Turf Fans. Gnome Finishes With a Rush. Agree With Judges' Dec. Prudery Dons the Crown. SIR BARTON SETS NEW WORLD MARK - Article - NYTimes.com". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02E1DC103FE432A2575AC2A96E9C946195D6CF. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  5. ^ "Audley Farm Honors Sir Barton". BloodHorse.com. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/48384/audley-farm-honors-sir-barton. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  6. ^ Stephanie Diaz (1994-06-27). "June 27, 1994 ''Sports Illustrated'' article on Sir Barton". Vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005326/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
  7. ^ "Sir Barton (1916 - 1937) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22362. Retrieved 2011-11-30. 
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Legend - ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly
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