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Sire:	Ribot
Grandsire:	Tenerani
Dam:	All Beautiful
Damsire:	Battlefield
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1966
Country:	USA
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	Rokeby Stables
Owner:	Paul Mellon
Trainer:	Elliott Burch
Record:	23: 11-6-1
Earnings:	$632,404
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Blue Grass Stakes (1969) Everglades Stakes (1969) Belmont Stakes (1969) Jim Dandy Stakes (1969) Travers Stakes (1969) Metropolitan Handicap (1969) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1969) Grey Leg Handicap (1970)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1969) U.S. Champion Handicap Male Horse (1969) United States Horse of the Year (1969)
Honours
United States Racing and Hall of Fame (1994) #67 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Infobox last updated on: November 15, 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... The horse Ribot (1952-1972) was a bay thoroughbred foaled in England by Tenerani out of Romanella by El Greco. ... This Trakehner would be most appropriate to sire horses for the discipline of dressage. ... Chestnuts. ... Paul Mellon KBE (11 June 1907 – 1 February 1999) was an American philanthropist and Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who is one of the only four people ever designated Exemplars of Racing by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. ... The Blue Grass Stakes, currently sponsored by the Toyota Motor Corporation, is an American Grade 1 horse race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. ... The Everglades Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Jim Dandy Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses. ... The Travers Stakes, held at Saratoga Race Course near Saratoga Springs, New York, is the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in the United States. ... The Metropolitan Handicap is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses of either gender three-years-old and above. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... The Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Yr-Old Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...

Arts and Letters (1966-1998) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

Owned and bred by American sportsman, and noted philanthropist Paul Mellon, and trained by future Hall of Famer Elliott Burch, the colt began racing at age two. He won two of his six starts in 1968, then at age three won two important Kentucky Derby prep races before finishing second in both the Derby and the Preakness Stakes to the undefeated California colt, Majestic Prince. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ... Paul Mellon KBE (11 June 1907 – 1 February 1999) was an American philanthropist and Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who is one of the only four people ever designated Exemplars of Racing by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. ... Churchill Downs racetrack, 1998 The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Majestic Prince (1966 - April 22, 1981) was a Thoroughbred racehorse purchased by Calgary, Alberta oilman Frank McMahon at the Keeneland yearling sale in September of 1967 for a then record price of $250,000. ...

However, Arts and Letters came back to win the 1½ mile Belmont Stakes, after which second-place finisher Majestic Prince was retired due to injury. Arts and Letters went on to win several more important races in 1969, and was voted three Eclipse Awards, including the most prestigious: Horse of the Year. The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

At age four, Arts and Letters won one of three races, his career ending after an injury in the Californian Stakes. The Californian Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses. ...

Standing at stud at Greentree Farm, he met with reasonable success. The most notable of his stakes winning offspring is Codex, who gave trainer D. Wayne Lukas his first win in the U.S. Triple Crown race by capturing the 1980 Preakness Stakes. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...

In 1994, Arts and Letters was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

Arts and Letters died at the advanced age of 32 in 1998 (though this date is listed as 2000 with the Jockey Club). He was buried at Greentree Farm which is now part of Gainesway Farm.

References

• Arts and Letters' pedigree and racing stats
• Arts and Letter at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame