Tom Fool (horse)
Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year The American Award for Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. Because Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has no governing body to sanction the various awards, "Hor ... and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the champion racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam (horse), Tim Tam. Background Owned by Greentree Stables, Tom Fool was bred by Duval A. Headley, Duval Headley, a Thoroughbred trainer and nephew of prominent Kentucky breeder Hal Price Headley. Tom Fool was a bay Colt (horse), colt by the racehorse and sire Menow out of Gaga by Pharamond (horse), Pharamond II. He was a half-brother to the good two-year-old Aunt Jinny,Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software and was a ...
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Tom Fool (USA)
Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the champion racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam. Background Owned by Greentree Stables, Tom Fool was bred by Duval Headley, a Thoroughbred trainer and nephew of prominent Kentucky breeder Hal Price Headley. Tom Fool was a bay colt by the racehorse and sire Menow out of Gaga by Pharamond II. He was a half-brother to the good two-year-old Aunt Jinny,Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software and was a great-grandson of the broodmare Laughing Queen, whose other descendants included the Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander. Greentree Stables purchased Tom Fool privately as a yearling for $20,000. Racing record Tom Fool was trained by John M. Gaver, Sr. and ridden by Ted Atkinson. In his two-year-old season, he had five wins and two seconds in seven starts ...
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