Reigh Count
| Reigh Count | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sunreigh |
| Grandsire | Sundridge |
| Dam | Contessina |
| Damsire | Count Schomberg |
| Sex | United States Horse of the Year (1928) |
| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1978) Reigh Count Drive in Florence, Kentucky | |
Reigh Count (April 13, 1925–April 8, 1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England.[1][2]
Reigh Count was bred by Willis Sharpe Kilmer and foaled at Court Manor near New Market, Virginia.
Racing career
1927: two-year-old season
He raced well as a two-year-old, winning four of fourteen races. He was initially trained by Hall of Fame inductee
New York Times photo captured the jockeys, side-by-side, looking at each other at the wire.[4]
1928: three-year-old season
At age three Reigh Count was the dominant horse in America, winning six races including the
United States Horse of the Year honors. Although no formal award was made he was recognised in contemporary sources as "the champion racehorse of the year"[6]
1929: four-year-old season
In 1929 Reigh Count was shipped to race in England at age four, with the
TIME magazine reported on December 16, 1929[13]
that his owner had turned down an offer of $1 million for Reigh Count, saying "I think a fellow who would pay $1,000,000 for a horse ought to have his head examined, and the fellow who turned it down must be absolutely unbalanced". Had the offer been accepted, it would have been by far the largest amount ever paid for a race horse.
Stud record
Retired to stand at stud at his owner's Stoner Creek Stud in Paris, Kentucky, Reigh Count produced 22 graded stakes race winners including:
- Count Arthur (b. 1932) - won the Manhattan Handicap and the Jockey Club Gold Cup
- U.S. Triple Crownchampion, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee
- San Juan Capistrano Handicap
- Adonis (b. 1942) - won the Travers Stakes
Pedigree
| Sire Sunreigh |
Sundridge | Amphion | Speculum or Rosebery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide | |||
| Sierra | Springfield | ||
| Sanda | |||
| Sweet Briar | St. Frusquin | St. Simon | |
| Isabel | |||
| Presentation | Orion | ||
| Dubia | |||
| Dam Contessina |
Count Schomberg | Aughrim | Xenophon |
| Lashaway | |||
| Clonavarn | Baliol | ||
| Expectation | |||
| Pitti | St. Frusquin | St. Simon | |
| Isabel | |||
| Florence | Wisdom | ||
| Enigma |
References
- ^ "Reigh Counts Racing Record". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1929-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Racing Hall of Fame Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ "Henry McDaniel at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame". Racingmuseum.org. 1947-11-01. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ Ilsley, Henry (18 September 1927). "ANITA PEABODY FIRST IN $100,000 FUTURITY WHILE 40,000 CHEER". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Reigh Count's 1928 Kentucky Derby win Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ "Reigh Count to go to Europe". Painesville Telegraph. 1928-11-12. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". Evening Post. 1929-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". Evening Post. 1929-04-12. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1929-05-28. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "RACING FIXTURES". Evening Post. 1929-06-20. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "REIGH COUNT". Evening Post. 1929-07-23. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". Evening Post. 1929-08-02. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "Sport: Reigh Count" Retrieved 2011-06-24.