| Owner: Belair Stud Breeder: Belair Stud State Bred: KY Winnings: 22 Starts: 9 - 7 - 2, $154,755
At 2:
2nd Junior Champion S., Sanford S., Champagne S.
At 3:
Won Kentucky Derby, Preakness S., Belmont S., Dwyer S., Arlington Classic 2nd Withers S.
3rd Brooklyn H., Wood Memorial S.
At 4: Won Victor Wild S.(GB), Queen's Plate (GB) 2nd Ascot Gold Cup (GB), Prince of Wales's S. (GB)
1935 Triple Crown Winner. The only TC winner to not win Horse of the Year. (that honour went Discovery) He is the son of 1930 U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox. The only father and son generational Triple Crown. Retired to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm, he failed to perform satisfactorily. But this "stud failure" is third generation dam sire to Nijinsky II along with 3 other Kentucky Derby champions. Omaha died in 1959 in the his namesake city.
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