| Owner: Red Stable (Major Thomas Walker Doswell)/A. J. Alexander (KY) Breeder: Bullfield Stud (Major Thomas Walker Doswell) State Bred: VA Winnings: 31 Starts: 27 - - , $70,000
1860: heat race at Fashion Race Course in torrential rain
Perhaps 1st great racehorse to be photographed.
Almost killed by falling tree (being cut down) when at stud for Alexander in 1873. His handler, named Graham, was killed by the tree when he ignored the pleas of the treemen to avoid the area. (NY Times March 1873)
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