Foolish Pleasure (1972-1994) is an American bay thoroughbred race horse who was one of the top three three-year-old colts of his time. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... 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. ... A Colt is a young male thoroughbred racehorse not gelded. ...

Owned by John L. Greer and trained by LeRoy Jolley, Foolish Pleasure was undefeated as a two-year-old and in 1975 at age three, he won the Flamingo Stakes, Wood Memorial Stakes, and the Kentucky Derby. Although heavily favored to win, he finished second to longshots in both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thorough race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly 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. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

He was racing at the same time as Ruffian, the "Queen of the Fillies." A match race was arranged between the two horses. This race became more than a horse race. It became a contest to see just who was better: the females or the males. During the race, Ruffian broke her leg and had to be destroyed. Ruffian (April 17, 1972-July 7, 1975) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse, considered by many to be the greatest female racehorse of all time. ...

Foolish Pleasure was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1995 and in the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, he was ranked #97. 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 Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 United States thoroughbred horse racing champions of the 20th Century: Man O War Secretariat Citation Kelso Count Fleet Dr. Fager Native Dancer Forego Seattle Slew Spectacular Bid Tom Fool Affirmed War Admiral Buckpasser Colin Damascus Round Table Cigar Bold Ruler Swaps Equipose...

External links

• Unofficial Thoroughbred Hall of Fame