Faireno
Faireno | |
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Sire | Chatterton |
Grandsire | Fair Play |
Dam | Minerva |
Damsire | Ambassador |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1929 |
Country | United States |
Color | Bay |
Breeder | Belair Stud |
Owner | Belair Stud |
Trainer | James E. Fitzsimmons & George Tappen |
Record | 62: 17–13–6 |
Earnings | US$182,215 |
Major wins | |
Junior Champion Stakes (1931) Nursery Handicap (1931) Victoria Stakes (1931) Belmont Stakes Dwyer Stakes (1932) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1932) Empire City Handicap (1934) Havre de Grace Handicap (1934) Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1934) | |
Honors | |
Faireno Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack Faireno Purse at Hawthorne Race Course |
Faireno (foaled 1929 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Belmont Stakes in 1932.
Background
Faireno was bred and raced by William Woodward's Belair Stud. He was sired by Chatterton, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Fair Play who was also the sire of Man o' War.
Faireno's race conditioning was the responsibility of Belair Stud's future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons and his assistant, George Tappen.
Racing career
Raced at age two, among Faireno's wins were the Victoria Stakes at Old Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Nursery Handicap at Belmont Park, and the Junior Champion Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
At age three in 1932, after a poor performance in the Wood Memorial Stakes, Faireno did not run in the Kentucky Derby. Although he was shipped to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness Stakes, he was withdrawn a few days before the race and sent back to his base in New York. In late May, Faireno ran second in the Campfire Purse at Belmont Park then on June 4 lead virtually all the way to win the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Belmont Stakes.[1] Faireno went on to win the Shevlin Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in June, the Dwyer Stakes on July 2, was eight in the Arlington Classic, and then won the Hawthorne Handicap on August 6 before running second to Plucky Play in the August 27th Hawthorne Gold Cup. On September 17, 1932 he came back with a decisive win in the Lawrence Realization Stakes[2] but came out of the race with a tendon injury that kept him out of racing for the remainder of the year and all of 1933. Despite his shortened 1932 campaign, Faireno still retrospectively shared American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors with Burgoo King.
On April 22, 1934, Faireno returned in the Paumonok Handicap at Jamaica Race Course. Racing for the first time in nearly a year and a half, he was in contention for most of the race but tired in the stretch and finished fourth.[3] However, he regained his old form and went on to win the 1934 Empire City Handicap, defeated Discovery to win the Havre de Grace Handicap, won the Merchants and Citizens Handicap at Saratoga Race Course, and October's Rochambeau Handicap at Narragansett Park. Faireno raced at age six in 1935 but with limited success.
Stud record
Faireno was retired to stud but proved to be sterile.
References
- ^ "15,000 SEE FAIRENO WIN BELMONT STAKES; Woodward Colt Leads Virtually All the Way to Beat Osculator Length and a Half. VICTORY WORTH $55,120 64th Running of Classic Grosses $70,120 – Flag Pole, 6-to-5 Favorite, is Third. CATERWAUL SCORES EASILY C.V. Whitney Two-Year-Old Takes National Stallion Stakes, Beating the Pelican. FAIRENO IS VICTOR IN BELMONT STAKES". The New York Times. 5 June 1932.
- ^ "INJURY INTERRUPTS FAIREno's CAMPAIGN; Mishap Suffered in Lawrence Realization Will Prevent Colt from Racing in Maryland". The New York Times. 17 September 1932.
- ^ "FAIRENO TO BE IDLE DURING THIS SEASON; Tendon Trouble Threatens to End Career of Woodward's 1932 3-year-Old King". The New York Times. 7 May 1933.
- 1932 Belmont Stakes charts
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