| Owner: August Belmont, Jr. Breeder: Dr. J. D. Nest State Bred: KY Winnings: 21 Starts: 6 - 4 - 0, $16,340
At 2:
Won: Surf Stakes
At 3:
Won: Toboggan Handicap, Belmont Stakes, Kearney Stakes
2nd: Withers Stakes, Tidal Stakes
At 4:
Won: Kearney Handicap (dead-head with Clifford), Westchester Highweight Handicap
2nd: Culver Handicap, Omnium Handicap, First Special, Ocean Handicap
Leading sire in North America (1902, 1908)
Sire of Fair Play & Grand Sire of Man O' War.
By 1902 he led the American general sire list, with only two and three-year-olds racing, at the time an unprecedented feat. Notorious for his bad temper, stablehands dare not approach him on the rare occasion that they needed to catch him (they built special chutes from his stall to his pasture and to the breeding shed in order to handle him safely) without literally carrying a big stick for defense purposes. Hastings died June 17, 1917 and was buried in an unmarked grave that is sadly now lost.
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