Zev (horse)
| Zev | |
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Zev with jockey Earl Sande
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| Sire | The Finn |
| Grandsire | Ogden |
| Dam | Miss Kearney |
| Damsire | Planudes |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1920 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | John E. Madden |
| Owner | Rancocas Stable Silks: White, Green Collar and Cuffs, White Cap. |
| Trainer | Sam Hildreth & David J. Leary |
| Record | 43: 23-8-5 |
| Earnings | $313,639 |
| Major wins | |
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Hopeful Stakes (1922) American Classic Race wins: Belmont Stakes (1923) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1922) Co-U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1923) American Horse of the Year (1923) |
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| Honours | |
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United States Racing Hall of Fame (1983) #56 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
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| Last updated on September 24, 2006 | |
Hopeful Stakes (1922)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1922)
Paumonok Handicap (1923)
Withers Stakes (1923)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1923)
Queens County Handicap (1923)
Match race - defeated Epsom Derby champ, Papyrus (1923)
American Classic Race wins:
Zev (1920–1943) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Champion and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee.
A brown colt, Zev was sired by The Finn and was out of the mare Miss Kearney (by Planudes). Bred by the famous horseman John E. Madden, Zev was owned by the Rancocas Stable of Harry F. Sinclair, the founder of Sinclair Oil, who was a central figure in the Teapot Dome scandal and served time in prison.
Sinclair named the horse in honor of his friend and personal lawyer, Colonel James William (also known as J.W.) Zevely.
Trained by Sam Hildreth, as a two-year-old Zev won five of his twelve races, finished second on four occasions, and was a Champion colt of 1922.
The following year, he was the dominant three-year-old in America, winning a number of important Grade I stakes races under jockey Earl Sande. Included in his victories were the Lawrence Realization Stakes and the most prestigious race in the United States, the Kentucky Derby, for which David J. Leary was credited as trainer, as he was for the Preakness Stakes, which was run before the Kentucky Derby in 1923. Zev encountered problems in the Preakness and finished 12th but came back to win the Derby and then the Belmont Stakes.
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