| Ack Ack |
Upload / Commons Upload | | Sire: | Battle Joined | | Dam: | Fast Turn | | Damsire: | Turn-To | | Sex: | Stallion | | Foaled: | 1966 | | Country: | USA (Kentucky) | | Colour: | Brown | | Breeder: | Harry F. Guggenheim | | Owner: | Cain Hoy Stable
E. E. "Buddy" Fogelson (1971) | | Trainer: | Frank A. Bonsal
Charlie Whittingham (age 4) | | Record: | 27: 19-6-0 | | Earnings: | $636,641 | | Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | | Major Racing Wins | Arlington Classic (1969)
Withers Stakes (1969)
Derby Trial (1969)
Los Angeles Handicap (1970)
Santa Anita Handicap (1971)
American Handicap (1971)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1971)
San Carlos Handicap (1971)
San Pasqual Handicap (1971) | | Racing Awards | U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1971)
U.S. Champion Sprint Horse (1971)
United States Horse of the Year (1971) | | Honours | United States Racing Hall of Fame (1986)
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Ack Ack Handicap at Churchill Downs
Ack Ack Handicap at Santa Anita Park | | Infobox last updated on: November 15 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ...
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| Ack Ack (1966-1990) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He raced with success at age two to four, scoring wins in the important 1969 Withers Stakes and Arlington Classic. In 1971 at age five, Ack Ack blossomed into the year's most dominant horse. Conditioned by Charlie Whittingham, Ack Ack won seven straight graded stakes races on both dirt and grass courses at a variety of distances. His performances earned him United States Horse of the Year honors. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ...
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Owned by Harry F. Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable, Ack Ack was sold by the executors of his estate following Guggenheim's death in January of 1971. New owner, E. E. "Buddy" Fogelson, husband of actress Greer Garson, retired the horse at the end of his most successful year to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky where he sired 40 stakes winners. Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) on the cover of Time magazine on October 21, 1929 Harry Frank Guggenheim (August 23, 1890 - January 22, 1971) was a businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, and horseman. ...
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