Canonero II
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Cañonero II | |
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Sire | Stallion |
Foaled | April 24, 1968 |
Died | November 11, 1981 | (aged 13)
Country | Venezuela |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Edward B. Benjamin |
Owner | Pedro Batista King Ranch (late 1971) |
Trainer | Juan Arias Buddy Hirsch (1972) |
Record | 23: 9-3-4 |
Earnings | $360,804 |
Major wins | |
Stymie Handicap (1972)
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Awards | |
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1971) | |
Last updated on September 27, 2006 |
Cañonero II (April 24, 1968 – November 11, 1981) was a Venezuelan champion Thoroughbred race horse that may be best remembered for winning the first two legs of the 1971 U.S. Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.
Background
Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Greensboro, North Carolina, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, so was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for $1,200 at the Keeneland Sales to Venezuelan breeders Ramon Echegaray and Luis Navas. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his owner's native Venezuela, where he earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old in La Rinconada Hippodrome.
Triple Crown races
Because of his breeding, Cañonero II qualified for the
In the Derby's 20-horse field, Cañonero II shocked everyone by coming from 18th place to storm past the competition, easily winning the race by 33⁄4 lengths. Arguably the most astonishing upset in the race's history was deemed a fluke by many of horse racing's experts, who predicted Cañonero II would never win another race. However, in the Preakness Stakes, the second of the Triple Crown races, Cañonero II won again.
The third leg of the Triple Crown, the
Later career
Sold to the
Retired to stud at the end of 1972, Cañonero II died in 1981.
Sire Pretendre |
Doutelle | Prince Chevalier | Prince Rose |
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Chevalerie | |||
Above Board | Straight Deal | ||
Feola | |||
Limicola | Verso | Pinceau | |
Variete | |||
Uccello | Donatello II | ||
Great Tit | |||
Dam Dixieland II |
Nantallah | Nasrullah | Nearco |
Mumtaz Begum | |||
Shimmer | Flares | ||
Broad Ripple | |||
Ragtime Band | Johnstown | Jamestown | |
La France | |||
Martial Air | Man o' War | ||
Baton |
References
- Haskin, Steve (March 26, 2011). "Viva Canonero!". The Blood-Horse.
- Profile of Canonero II (Spanish language)
- Canonero's pedigree
- Statistics for Canonero II's Kentucky Derby
- "The Year of Canonero". Time. June 14, 1971.
- Canonero II's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves