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American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Our Boots (foaled 1938) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He won a Daily Racing Form poll to be voted the 1940 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.[1] The rival Turf & Sports Digest poll was topped by Whirlaway. He was sired by Bull Dog, the 1943 Leading sire in North America, and was out of the English-born mare Maid of Arches.[2]
Our Boots | |
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Sire | Bull Dog |
Grandsire | Teddy |
Dam | Maid of Arches |
Damsire | Warden of the Marches |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1938 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Charles B. Shaffer |
Owner | Woodvale Farm |
Trainer | Steve Judge |
Record | 32: 9-3-7 |
Earnings | US$126,152 |
Major wins | |
Futurity Trial (1940) Belmont Futurity Stakes (1940) Blue Grass Stakes (1941) Yankee Handicap (1941) | |
Awards | |
DRF American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1940) |
Our Boots was owned and raced by the Woodvale Farm of Royce G. Martin, who bought him at the Saratoga Sales for $3,500.[3] He was trained by Steve Judge. The colt's most important wins of his two-year-old championship season came in the Futurity Trial [4] and the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park, in which he defeated future U.S. Triple Crown winner and Hall of Fame inductee Whirlaway.[5]
A winterbook favorite for the Kentucky Derby, Our Boots won the Blue Grass Stakes, then finished eighth in the Derby and third in the Preakness Stakes.
As a sire, Our Boots produced some offspring that met with modest racing success.[6]
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