Air Forbes Won (April 13, 1979 - November 19, 2009) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1982
Wood Memorial Stakes.
Career
Air Forbes Won's first race was on March 4, 1982 at the Aqueduct, where he came in 1st. He won his next race on March 20, 1982 which was also at the Aqueduct.
He won his first graded race at the 1982
Gotham Stakes
The Gotham Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run in early March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Grade III event with a current purse of US$300,000, it is set at a distance of 1 mile on the dirt ...
. He then won the 1982
Wood Memorial Stakes, which was the last race of his four race win streak.
He competed in the
1982 Kentucky Derby, coming in 7th place.
On June 20, 1982 Air Forbes Won competed for the last time in the
Ohio Derby
The Ohio Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-to-late June at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio.
The Grade III stakes for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 1 miles.
The race currently offers a purs ...
during which he suffered a
tendon
A tendon or sinew is a tough, high-tensile-strength band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. It is able to transmit the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system without sacrificing its ability ...
injury and was retired.
Air Forbes Won was euthanized on November 19, 2009 at the age of 30 due to complications from old age.
Stud career
Air Forbes Won's descendants include:
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colt
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*Colt (horse), an intact (uncastrated) male horse under four years of age
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* Colt (given name)
*Colt (surname)
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, f =
filly
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*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
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Pedigree
References
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1979 racehorse births
2009 racehorse deaths
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 14-a