Genuine Risk
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Sire:	Exclusive Native
Dam:	Virtuous
Damsire:	Gallant Man
Sex:	Filly
Foaled:	1977
Country:	USA
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	Mrs. Sally Humphrey
Owner:	Mrs. Diana Firestone
Trainer:	LeRoy Jolley
Record:	15:10-3-2
Earnings:	$646,587
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Demoiselle Stakes (1979) Kentucky Derby (1980) Ruffian Handicap (1980)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1980)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1986) #91 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Genuine Risk Handicap at Belmont Park
Infobox last updated on: 25 July, 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... Indian red also known as chestnut, is a brownish shade of red. ... 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 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. ... Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...

Genuine Risk (born 1977) a chestnut filly, was the winner of the 1980 Kentucky Derby. She finished second the same year in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. At present she is the oldest living winner of the Kentucky Derby. Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... 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. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

She was only the second filly to win the Kentucky Derby, the first being Regret 65 years earlier in 1915. Regret (1912—April 11, 1934) was a famous American thoroughbred racehorse and the first of three fillies to ever win the Kentucky Derby. ...

She produced two living foals; Genuine Reward in 1993 and Count Our Blessing foaled in 1996.

Genuine Risk was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, she was ranked #91. 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. ...

She has been retired from breeding in 2000 after losing several foals or failing to conceive. She is stabled at Newstead Farm in Virginia. A spermatozoon fertilising an ovum Fertilisation, also spelled fertilization (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is fusion of gametes to form a new organism of the same species. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ...

References

• Genuine Risk's pedigee and photo