Kennedy Road (horse)
| Kennedy Road | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Canadian Champion Older Male Horse (1972 & 1973) Canadian Horse of the Year (1973) |
| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2000) Kennedy Road Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack | |
Kennedy Road (April 18, 1968 – December 15, 1995)[1][2] was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who dominated Canadian racing for three years before going to success in California.
Background
He was bred by Canadian mining magnate Arthur W. Stollery at his Angus Glen Farm in Markham, Ontario, and raced under his wife Helen's name.
Racing career
1970-1972 Canadian career
After his two-year-old racing season in which he was voted the Canadian 2-Year-old Champion, Kennedy Road underwent an operation to remove a bone fragment from a hind ankle. His injury did not affect his racing ability, and in 1971 he won Canada's most prestigious race, the
1973 American career
At age five, Kennedy Road's owners sent him to California under the care of future
Kennedy Road died in 1995. In 2000, he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.