Fit to Fight
| Fit to Fight | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Chieftain |
| Grandsire | Suburban Handicap (1984) |
| Awards | |
| 4th New York Handicap Triple winner (1984) | |
| Last updated on May 30, 2008 | |
Fit to Fight (April 5, 1979 in Kentucky – May 30, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Handicap Triple Crown[1] (also called the New York Handicap Triple) in 1984.
Background
Sired by Chieftain, a son of
U.S. Horse of the Year honors. One Count was a son of the 1943 U.S. triple Crown champion, Count Fleet
.
Racing career
Racing at age three, Fit to Fight won his first major
Jerome Handicap. The following year he was second to A Phenomenon in the Vosburgh Stakes but ahead of third-place finisher, Deputy Minister. In the Tom Fool Stakes, Fit to Fight took another second but this time to winner Deputy Minister then the two horses reversed their finishes with Fit to Fight capturing the Stuyvesant Handicap
.
In 1984, Fit to Fight had his best year. Ridden by
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse
.
Stud career
Retired from racing, in 1985 Fit to Fight became one of the original stallions to stand at stud at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. The sire of 39 Stake race winners, he was pensioned in 2005 and sent to retirement at Blue Ridge Farm in Middleburg, Virginia. On May 30, 2008, at the age of 29, he was euthanized due to the infirmities of old age.
References
- ^ "Fit To Fight Was Fit For a Handicap Triple Crown". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Fit To Fight Was Fit For a Handicap Triple Crown". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.