Whirlaway Horse Pedigree

Owner: Calumet Farm
Breeder: Calumet Farm
State Bred: KY
Winnings: 60 Starts: 32 - 15 - 9, $561,161

Fifth American Triple Crown Winner

Foaled April 2, 1938

1st: Saratoga Special S, Hopeful S, Breeders' Futurity S, Walden S., Kentucky Derby, Preakness S, Belmont S, Saranac H, Travers S, American Derby, Lawrence Realization S, Dwyer S, A. J. Joyner H (KEE), Clark H, Dixie H, Brooklyn H, Massachusetts H, Trenton H, Narragansett Special, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Washington H, Governor Bowie H, Louisiana H.

Accomplishments:

1959 Inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame

1942 American Horse of the Year and Champion Handicap male

1941 American Horse of the Year and Champion 3 Year-old male

1940 American co-champion 2 Year-old male

Stud Career:

1950 leased to Marcel Boussac and exported to Boussac's Haras le Fresnay-le-Buffard, France; Boussac later bought the horse outright in September 1952

1944 entered stud at Calument Farm, KY

Sired 132 winners (72.9%) and 18 stakes winners (9.9%) from 181 named foals

Died on April 6, 1953, shortly after covering a mare of a heart attach or a rupture of nerve tissue

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