| Owner: Rancocas Stable Breeder: John E. Madden Winnings: 43 Starts: 23 - 8 - 5, $313,639
At 2: WON Grand Union Hotel Stakes, Albany Handicap
At 3: WON Kentucky Derby, Paumonok Handicap, Rainbow Handicap,
Withers Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Queens County Handicap, Lawrence Realization,
International Special No. 3, Autumn Championship Stakes, Pimlico Fall Serial No. 3, Match Race with In Memoriam ($25,000)
At 4: WON Kings County Handicap, Pimlico Serial No. 1
U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1922)
U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1923)
Horse of the Year (1923)On October 20, 1923, one of the most significant match races in worldwide thoroughbred racing took place at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York. A crowd estimated at close to 50,000 watched Zev easily beat Epsom Derby winner Papyrus by five lengths. Zev's victory marked the first time a Kentucky Derby winner defeated an English Derby winner.
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