Count Fleet
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Sire:	Reigh Count
Grandsire:	Sunreigh
Dam:	Quickly
Damsire:	Haste
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1940
Country:	USA
Colour:	Brown
Breeder:	Mrs. Fannie Hertz
Owner:	Mrs. Fannie Hertz. Racing silks: Yellow, black circle on sleeves, yellow cap.
Trainer:	Don Cameron
Record:	21:16-4-1
Earnings:	$250,300
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Champagne Stakes (1942) Pimlico Futurity (1942) Wood Memorial (1943) Kentucky Derby(1943) Preakness Stakes (1943) Belmont Stakes (1943)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt 6th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1943) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1943) United States Horse of the Year (1943) Leading sire in North America (1951) Leading broodmare sire in North America (1963)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1961) #5 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack
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Count Fleet, born March 24, 1940 at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States and died there on December 3, 1973, was a thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion in 1943. Sired by 1928 Kentucky Derby winner, Reigh Count and out of a mare named Quickly, Count Fleet was owned by the wife of John D. Hertz (1879-1961), best known for the rental car company bearing his name. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Paris is a city that was settled in 1775 and is in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 113 miles (182 km) east of Louisville Ky. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 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. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Reigh Count (1925-1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England. ... John Hertz, 1899 John D. Hertz (April 10, 1879 - 1961) was an American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist. ... The Hertz Corporation (also known as Hertz Rent A Car or simply Hertz) is the worlds largest car rental company, with 1,900 locations in the United States and 5,100 worldwide. ...

Trained by Don Cameron and ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey, Johnny Longden, as a two-year-old, Count Fleet started off slow losing several times before getting his first win. He gained respect with his six length victory in the Champagne Stakes, in which he set a new track record then followed this up by beating the best horses in the country in the Pimlico Futurity where he equaled the track record. In the Walden Stakes, he ran away from the field, winning by more than thirty lengths. At season's end, he had won ten of his 15 races while never being out of the money, a performance that earned him the two-year-old championship honors. 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. ... John Eric Longden, born February 14, 1907 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - died February 14, 2003 in Banning, California, was a Hall of Fame jockey. ... The Champagne Stakes is a Grade I horse race in the United States for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. ...

As a three-year-old, Count Fleet dominated North American racing, never losing a race. Leading up to the Kentucky Derby he won the important Wood Memorial but injured himself in the process. He recovered to take the United States most prestigious race by three lengths then went on to Baltimore, Maryland where he dominated the Preakness Stakes, taking that one by eight lengths. He then won the Withers Stakes before heading to Elmont, New York for the Belmont Stakes where he captured the Triple Crown by scoring an amazing 25 length victory, a margin record that stood until 1973. When the season ended, Count Fleet was voted Champion 3-year-old and named Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Long Island, Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

Rather than risk serious injury, Count Fleet did not race as a four-year-old after it was discovered that he had injured his leg close to the joint between the cannon bone and the fetter bone. He was retired to stud having won 16 of 21 races and went on to enjoy great success as a sire. His offspring numbered 38 stakes winners, including Kentucky Derby winner Count Turf, Belmont Stakes winners Counterpoint and One Count, Horse of the Year champions, and a Champion Three Year Old Filly. Count Fleet's daughters produced superhorse Kelso, 1965 Kentucky Derby winner, Lucky Debonair, and multiple Grade I stakes winner, Tompion. Another daughter, Sequence, mated with 1955 Preakness and Belmont winner Nashua to produce Gold Digger, dam of the enormously influential modern sire Mr. Prospector. Count Turf (1948-1966) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the 1951 Kentucky Derby. ... Counterpoint (1948-1969) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. ... One Count (1949-1966) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. ... // Early Career Kelso, born on April 4, 1957 was an American thoroughbred race horse and is considered to be among the best racehorses of the Twentieth century. ... Tompion (b. ... Nashua (1952-1982) was an American born thoroughbred racehorse, perhaps best remembered for a 1955 match race against the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby. ... Mr. ...

In 1961, Count Fleet was inducted in the 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. ...

Count Fleet died on December 3, 1973 and was buried at Stoner Creek farm in Paris, Kentucky.

In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Count Fleet was ranked #5. The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... 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. ...

References

• Count Fleet's pedigree, with photo
• Find-A-Grave profile for Count Fleet
• Count Fleet's Derby
• Count Fleet's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves

Pedigree

Reigh Count (1925-1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England. ... The Tetrarch (1911-1935) was an Irish-born Thoroughbred racehorse voted Britains greatest two-year-old of the 20th Century. ... Rock Sand (1900-1914) was a Dark Bay/Brown thoroughbred race horse bred by Sir James Miller at his Hamilton Stud in Newmarket. ...