Equipoise (horse)

Equipoise
Equipoise
Sire	Pennant
Grandsire	Peter Pan
Dam	Swinging
Damsire	Broomstick
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1928
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Harry Payne Whitney
Owner	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Trainer	Fred Hopkins; Thomas J. Healey
Record	51: 29-10-4
Earnings	$338,610
Major wins
	Eastern Shore Handicap (1930); Great American Stakes (1930); Juvenile Stakes (1930); Keene Memorial Stakes (1930); National Stallion Stakes (1930); Pimlico Futurity (1930); Harford Handicap (1932); Havre de Grace Handicap (1932); Whitney Handicap (1932); Stars and Stripes Handicap (1932); The Toboggan (1932); Metropolitan Handicap (1932, 1933); Wilson Stakes (1932, 1933); Arlington Handicap (1933); Philadelphia Handicap (1933, 1934); Suburban Handicap (1933); Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1933); Saratoga Cup (1933); Dixie Handicap (1934)
Awards
	U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1930); U.S. Champion Older Horse; (1932, 1933, 1934); U. S. Horse of the Year (1932, 1933) ; Leading sire in North America (1942)
Honours
	United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957); Equipoise Mile Handicap at Arlington Park; #21 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

Equipoise (1928–1938) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from 1930 until 1935, he ran fifty-one times and won twenty-nine races. A leading two-year-old in 1930, he missed most of the next season, including two of the three American Triple Crown races through injury and illness. "Ekky" returned to the track in 1934 and proved to be a dominant champion, winning numerous important stakes races in the next three years. Equipoise died in 1938 after a short but promising stud career.

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