{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Little Missouri , image = , caption = , sire =

Cox's Ridge {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Cox's Ridge , image = , caption = , sire = Best Turn , grandsire = Turn-To , dam = Our Martha , damsire = Ballydonnell , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1974 , country = United States , colour = Bay , b ...

, grandsire = Best Turn , dam = Win Nona , damsire = Jacinto , sex =

Stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" nec ...

, foaled = 1982 , country = United States , colour =

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...

, breeder = Mrs. Maxwell Wood , owner =

Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable's first top runner was Cox's Ridge who won important races in 1977 an ...

, trainer = Rusty Arnold , record = 25: 8-6-3 , earnings = $553,025 , race =

Brooklyn Handicap The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to four-year-ol ...

(1986)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1986) , awards= , honours = , updated= August 25, 2007 Little Missouri (April 23, 1982 – September 8, 2006) was an American Thoroughbred

racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

. Bred in Kentucky by Mrs. Maxwell Wood, Little Missouri was owned and raced by John Ed Anthony's

of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas. Under trainer Rusty Arnold, he had his best season as a four-year-old in 1986 when he won the Grade I

and the then GII Stuyvesant Handicap, the latter a race his sire

had won in 1977.

As a Sire

Retired from racing, Little Missouri sired six stakes winners including the 1993 U.S. Champion three-year-old colt and Preakness Stakes winner,

Prairie Bayou Prairie Bayou (March 4, 1990 – June 5, 1993) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse owned and bred by Loblolly Stable of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas. Named for a bayou between Little Rock and Hot Springs in Arkansas, he was sired by L ...

. At the end of the 2005 breeding season he was pensioned and on September 8, 2006 was

euthanized Animal euthanasia ( euthanasia from el, εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal or allowing it to die by withholding extreme medical measures. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditi ...

due to the infirmities of old age at Foxhills Farm in

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

where he was buried.

References

Little Missouri's pedigree and partial racing stats

Little Missouri's 5-generation pedigree, includes coat color
1982 racehorse births 2006 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 14-f