| Owner: J. L. Greer Trained: LeRoy Jolley. Breeder: Waldemar Farms State Bred: FL Winnings: 26 Starts: 16 - 4 - 3, $1,216,705
At 2: Won: Champagne S. (G1), Hopeful S. (G1), Sapling S. (G1), Cowdin S. (G2), Tremont S. (G3), Dover S. (G3)
At 3: Won Kentucky Derby (G1), Flamingo S. (G1), Wood Memorial S. (G1), Match Race (against the champion filly Ruffian in which she broke down)
2nd: Belmont S. (G1), Preakness S. (G1), Governor S. (G1)
3rd: Florida Derby (G1)
At 4: Won: Arlington Golden Invitational H., Suburban H. (G1), Donn H. (G2) 3rd: Brooklyn H. (G1), Bel Air H. (G2)
American Champion Two Year Old Colt. Foolish Pleasure is probably best known for anti climatic rivalry with the greatest racehorses thought to have lived, Ruffian, that ended in an unfulfilling Match race on July 6, 1975.
Died November 1994 of laminitis. Buried at Horseshoe Ranch in Dayton, Wyoming, where he spent his final years at stud.
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