Pink Star
Pink Star | |
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![]() Pink Star after his 1907 Kentucky Derby win with jockey Andy Minder. | |
Sire | Pink Coat |
Grandsire | Leonatus |
Dam | Mary Malloy |
Damsire | Pat Malloy |
Sex | Stallion, eventually Gelding |
Foaled | 1904 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Dark Bay |
Breeder | J. Hal Woodford |
Owner | J. Hal Woodford |
Trainer | William H. Fizer |
Record | 16: 3-1-2 |
Earnings | $5,750 |
Major wins | |
Kentucky Derby (1907) |
Pink Star (foaled 1904 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1907 Kentucky Derby. He was a grandson of 1883 Kentucky Derby winner Leonatus and his sire, Pink Coat, was an American Derby winner.[1]
Pink Star won the Kentucky Derby by two lengths over Zal on a very wet track, with the mud being a fetlock deep in some places. Ridden by Andy Minder, his win was a long shot victory and Pink Star was described by contemporary sources as a lumbering and ugly mount.[1] Pink Star finished in last place for the 1907 Latonia Derby, developing a fever and respiratory infection shortly after the running that permanently impacted his breathing.[2]
By May 1908, Pink Star had been gelded and retired from racing due to poor performance and having a bad temperament. He lived the remainder of his life as a plow horse at the farm of J. Hal Woodford in Louisville, Kentucky.[3] He was noted to be dead by 1914.[4][2]
References[]
- ^ a b Jim Bolus, Run for the Roses: 100 Years at the Kentucky Derby, Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974.
- ^ a b Staff (10 May 1908). "One Year Ago: Pink Star was a Derby winner, now he pulls a plow". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
- ^ Interior Journal. May 15, 1908. pg 4
- ^ Staff. "Stake dates are announced". Daily Racing Form. Triangle Publications. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- 1904 racehorse births
- Racehorses bred in Kentucky
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- Kentucky Derby winners
- Thoroughbred family A3
- Racehorse stubs