Man o' War
- Man o' War, 1920 -
Sire:	Fair Play
Grandsire:	Hastings
Dam:	Mahubah
Damsire:	Rock Sand
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1917
Country:	USA
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	August Belmont, Jr.
Owner:	Samuel D. Riddle
Trainer:	Louis Feustel
Record:	21:20-1-0
Earnings:	$249,465
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Tremont Stakes (1919) Sanford Stakes (1919) Hopeful Stakes (1919) Futurity Stakes (1919) Youthful Stakes (1919) Preakness Stakes (1920) Belmont Stakes (1920) Travers Stakes (1920) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1920) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1920) Withers Stakes (1920) Potomac Handicap (1920) Dwyer Stakes (1920)
Racing Awards
United States Horse of the Year (1920) Leading sire in North America (1926)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1957) #1 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Life-size statue at Kentucky Horse Park Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park Man o' War Boulevard in Lexington, Kentucky Man O War Road in Riddlewood, Pennsylvania
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Man o' War, (March 29, 1917 Nursery Stud farm, Lexington, Kentucky - November 1, 1947, Faraway Farm) is considered by most to be the greatest thoroughbred racehorse of all time. During his career just after World War I, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 in purses. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: , Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette Government  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area  - City  285. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

From the prominent sire Fair Play, out of the mare Mahubah, Man o' War was owned and bred by August Belmont, Jr. (1851-1924), whose father's accomplishments were recognized through the naming of the Belmont Stakes. However, Belmont Jr. joined the United States Army at age 65 to serve in France during World War I. While overseas, his wife named the new foal "Man o' War" in honor of her husband.^[1] However, the Belmonts decided to liquidate their racing stable. At Saratoga yearling sale in 1918, Man o' War was sold to Samuel D. Riddle for $5,000 who brought him to his Glen Riddle Farm near Berlin, Maryland. Fair Play (1905-1929) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was successful on the track, but even more so as a sire. ... Mahubah was an unknown mare, that when bred to Fair Play, sired the famous Man O War. ... August Belmont, Jr. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Saratoga is a town located in Saratoga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,141. ... Samuel D. Riddle (July 1, 1861 - January 8, 1951) was a U.S. turfman. ... Glen Riddle Farm was a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States. ... Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. ...

Trained by Louis Feustel and ridden by jockey Johnny Loftus, Man o' War made an impressive racing debut at Belmont Park on June 6, 1919, winning by six lengths. Three weeks later he won the Keene Memorial Stakes. Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton, 1919 Preakness Stakes John P. Loftus (October 13, 1895 - March 23, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. ... 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). ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In the early 1900s, there were no starting gates. Jockeys circled around but then gathered their horses in a line behind a flimsy piece of webbing, known as the barrier and were sent away when it was raised. ^[2] In Man o' War's only loss, the Sanford Memorial Stakes, he still was circling with his back to the starting line when the barrier was raised (though other accounts give other reasons, such as it was rigged.^[3]). After the jockey got Man o' War turned around, he already was far behind the pack. In frusteration, Johnny Loftus, the jockey, made three major errors while in the race. Three times he put Man O' War in bad positions, getting boxed in by other horses in the race. Despite this, he still came close to winning, losing by only a half-length, as Man O' War charged across the finish line, going much faster than any other horse on the field, and ultimatly finishing second. The horse that won was Upset, whose name is sometimes thought to have popularized a new phrase in sports ("upset" meaning an upstart beating the favorite). Also quite interesting is the fact that Upset's jockey's middle name was Sanford. Man o' War finished his 2-year-old campaign winning 9 of 10 races. Look up Upset in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1920, Johnny Loftus was denied a renewal of his jockey's license by the racing commission and was replaced as Man o' War's rider by Clarence Kummer. That May, 3-year-old Man o' War was not entered in the Kentucky Derby because his owner did not like racing in Kentucky and believed it was too early in the year for a young horse to go a mile and a quarter. The previous year, Sir Barton had won the first-ever U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, though it was not yet called that at the time^[4]. It would gain that prestige and importance 10 years later when Gallant Fox accomplished the feat under a great deal of media attention. 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. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Sir Barton, (1916-1937), was a chestnut thoroughbred colt, who, in 1919 became the first winner of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing even before the phrase Triple Crown was applied. ... 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. ... Gallant Fox (March 23, 1927 - November 13, 1954) was a United States thoroughbred horse racing champion. ...

Man o' War in the 1920 Stuyvesant Handicap

After handily winning the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland, the horse was sent to Elmont, New York for the Belmont Stakes. Man o' War won the then-1 3/8th miles race by 20 lengths, setting another American record with a time of 2:14.20, beating Sir Barton's mark set in the previous year by over 3 full seconds. That year he also won the Dwyer Stakes, the Travers Stakes, the Stuyvesant Handicap, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. As the racing season wound down, no one wanted to race his horse against the seemingly invincible Man o' War, who had easily won every race he entered. At the Lawrence Realization Stakes, no other horse was willing to go up against him until finally a good racehorse named Hoodwink was good heartedly entered by Mrs. Riddle's Niece, Mrs. Jeffords. Man o' War won by an astonishing margin in excess of 100 lengths(some say more) while setting a new world record of 2:40 4/5 for a mile and five-eighths. He lowered the record by 6 full seconds! His record still stands today at the track. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) as well as suburb of New York City 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. ... Sir Barton, (1916-1937), was a chestnut thoroughbred colt, who, in 1919 became the first winner of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing even before the phrase Triple Crown was applied. ... The Dwyer Stakes is a 1 1/16-mile Grade 2 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses held annually since 1918 at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island, New York. ... The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... The Stuyvesant Handicap is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in the fall of the year at Aqueduct Race Track. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... The Lawrence Realization Stakes is an American horse race first run in 1889. ...

The final start of Man o' War's illustrious career came in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in the Kenilworth Park Gold Cup, a race that for the first time was filmed in its entirety. For this 1¼ mile match race, Man o' War was up against the great Sir Barton but easily drew away in the first furlong, makeing a mockery of the first Triple Crown winner,and was slowed to win by 7 lengths. Following his undefeated season of 11 straight wins, the superstar horse was shipped to Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, to stand at stud. Over his two-year career, Man o' War won 20 of 21 races, setting three world records, two American records and three track records. Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ...

A Sire of Champions

As a sire, Man o' War was impressive as well; producing more than 64 stakes winners and 200 various champions. Though many complain Mr. Riddle did not breed him to good enough mares after the first five seasons,he still sired many greats. SUCK MY DICK BITCHES!!!! He sired American Flag and Crusader who won back-to-back runnings of the Belmont Stakes in 1925 and 1926. Both colts earned U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt honors plus Crusader was also voted U.S. Horse of the Year. Among Man o' War's other famous offspring were Battleship, who won the 1938 English Grand National steeplechase, and War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown winner. Another of his offspring, Hard Tack, sired Seabiscuit. His son War Relic was his most successful sire. Tiznow, Honour and Glory, and Bertrando are all sire-line descendants of Man o' War. Many great horses, if you look long into their pedigrees, have some type of relation to Man O' War. Father with child For other uses, see Father (disambiguation). ... Crusader (1923-1940) was a chestnut Thoroughbred colt sired by Man O War from the mare Star Fancy. ... The Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Yr-Old Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... The Grand National is the most valuable National Hunt handicap horse race in the United Kingdom. ... War Admiral (1934-1959), was a thoroughbred racing horse, the son of the great Man O War. ... Hard Tack is the name of an American thoroughbred race horse, a son of the great Man O War, who showed considerable promise as a racer, but whose temper prevented him from achieving success on the track. ... Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... Tiznow, born on March 12, 1997, is an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Michael L. Cooper and Cees Stable. ... Bertrando (born 1989) is an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse . ...

Man o' War died in 1947 at the age of 30 of an apparent heart attack(or Colic, as some say) only a very short time after his longtime groom, Will Harbut died. He was originally interred at Faraway Farm, but in the early 1970s his remains were moved to a new burial site at the Kentucky Horse Park where his grave is marked with a statue by American sculptor, Herbert Haseltine. His biography, "Man o' War" by Page Cooper and Roger Treat, first published in 1950, is a classic of its kind. Walter Farley, author of The Black Stallion series, also wrote a biography of Man o' War. The 2006 biography is entitled Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning and written by Dorothy Ours. The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational theme park located in a rural area of Lexington, Kentucky in the United States. ... Herbert Haseltine (1877-1962) was an Italian-born French animalier sculptor. ... The Football Encyclopedia (1952) Roger Treat (born 1906, died October 6, 1969) was an American sportswriter and author. ... Walter Farley (b. ... The Black Stallion, known as the Black or Shetan, is the title character from author Walter Farleys bestselling series about the wild stallion is his young friend Alec Ramsay. ...

Man o' War was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957. Soon after, the Man O' War Handicap Race was made in his honor. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Man o' War was ranked No. 1. 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. ... 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. ...

Through his sire, Man o' War is a descendant of the first English Triple Crown champion, West Australian and King Tom. His line traces to Godolphin Arabian. Fair Play (1905-1929) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was successful on the track, but even more so as a sire. ... Bend Or (1877-1903) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 edition of the Epsom Derby. ... Doncaster was a Thoroughbred racehorse, and the sire of the great stallion Bend Or. ... Mahubah was an unknown mare, that when bred to Fair Play, sired the famous Man O War. ... Rock Sand (1900-1914) was a Dark Bay/Brown thoroughbred race horse bred by Sir James Miller at his Hamilton Stud in Newmarket. ... Binomial name Onobrychis vicifolia Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia) is a Eurasian perennial herb that has pale pink flowers, curved pods and is naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils. ... St. ... 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. ... West Australian (1850-1870) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. ... King Tom (1851-1878) was an British Thoroughbred racehorse. ... The Godolphin Arabian (ca 1724 - 1754), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was one of three horses which were the founders of the modern thoroughbred horse racing broodstock. ...

Notes

References

• Man o' War's pedigree and racing stats
• Cooper, Page and Roger L. Treat (1950; reprinted 2004). Man o' War Westholme Publishing, Yardley ISBN 1-59416-005-8
• Ours, Dorothy (2006). Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightening St. Martin's Press, New York ISBN 0-312-34099-0
• Bowen, Edward L. Man o' War: Thoroughbred Legends (2000) Eclipse Press ISBN 978-1581500400

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External links

• Man o' War (born 1917 - died 1947)
• The Ultimate Horse Dictionary
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• Man O' War (horse) Memorial at Find A Grave