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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
| horsename = Four-and-Twenty
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Blue Prince
| grandsire =[[Princequillo]]
| dam = [[Sixpence (horse)|Sixpence]]
| damsire = Ballyogan
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1958
| country = United States
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[Alberta Ranches, Ltd.]]
| owner = [[Alberta Ranches, Ltd.]]
| trainer = [[Vance Longden]]
| record = 32: 13-2-5
| earnings = [[United States dollar|US$]]447,580
| race = [[Forerunner Stakes]] (1961)<br>[[Hollywood Derby]] (1961)<br>[[Santa Anita Derby]] (1961)<br>[[Cinema Handicap]] (1961)<br>[[Will Rogers Stakes]] (1961)<br>[[Strub Stakes|Santa Anita Maturity]] (1962)<br>[[San Carlos Handicap]] (1962)<br>[[San Fernando Stakes]] (1962)<br>[[Tokyo City Cup|San Bernardino Handicap]] (1962)<br>Tropicana Hotel of Las Vegas Handicap (1963)
| awards =
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}}
'''Four-and-Twenty''' (foaled 1958 in [[Kentucky]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. He was red and raced by the [[Alberta Ranches, Ltd.]] partnership of [[Max Bell]], [[Frank M. McMahon|Frank McMahon]] and superstar jockey [[Johnny Longden]] and his son, [[Vance Longden|Vance]]. He was sired by a son of the two-time [[Leading sire in North America]], [[Princequillo]]. His dam was [[Sixpence (horse)|Sixpence]], a good runner in [[England]] and [[Ireland]] voted the 1953 [[British Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]].

Four-and-Twenty's name came from a line in the [[nursery rhyme]] featuring the name used by his dam titled ''[[Sing a Song of Sixpence]]''.

Four-and-Twenty was ridden by Johnny Longden and trained by his son, Vance. In his three-year-old season in 1961, the colt won California's most important race for his age group, the one and one-eighth-mile [[Santa Anita Derby]]. He was then sent to [[Churchill Downs]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] where he suffered the first loss of his career when he finished second to [[Crozier (horse)|Crozier]] in the [[Derby Trial Stakes]]. Remaining at Churchill downs, Four-and-Twenty was entered in the first leg of the [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] series, the one and one-quarter-mile [[Kentucky Derby]]. On race day he was sent off as the third choice among bettors behind favorite [[Carry Back]] and second choice, Crozier. In the race, Four-and-Twenty moved into the lead as the field headed for the homestretch but found the extra one-eighth of a mile too much and quickly faded in midstretch. He wound up in seventh place behind winner, Carry Back. The colt rebounded to win important races in 1961 such as the [[Hollywood Derby]].

Competing at age four in California in races at a mile and an eight or less, Four-and-Twenty won a number of important events including the 1962 [[Strub Stakes|Santa Anita Maturity]], [[San Carlos Handicap]], [[San Fernando Stakes]], and the [[Tokyo City Cup|San Bernardino Handicap]]. He returned to racing at age five, winning the Tropicana Hotel of Las Vegas Handicap at [[Bay Meadows Racetrack]] in [[San Mateo, California]].

Retired to [[stud (animal)|stud]], Four-and-Twenty's offspring met with modest success in racing. Among his progeny was the multiple stakes winner, Haveago, whose wins included the 1971 [[Bing Crosby Handicap]].

==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/four-and-twenty Four-and-Twenty's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072345/index.htm March 13, 1961 ''Sports Illustrated'' article on Four-and-Twenty].

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[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:American racehorses]]

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