Hero's Honor (foaled April 28, 1980) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1984

United Nations Handicap The United Nations Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older run over a distance of one and three-eighth miles on the turf held annually in July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. The even ...

Career

Hero's Honor's first race was on April 30, 1983, at the Aqueduct, where he came in fifth. He picked up his first win in a Maiden Special Weight race at Belmont Park on May 21, 1983. He went on a three-race win streak in September 1983, grabbing a trio of allowance races at Belmont Park. On September 29, 1983, in his fourth race that month, he came in 3rd in the Grade-2 Rutger's Handicap. He scored his biggest win up to that point by winning the May 7th, 1984, Grade-3

Fort Marcy Handicap The Fort Marcy Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of miles on the turf annually in early May at Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000 ...

. He went on another three-race win streak starting on June 2, 1984. He captured the Grade-2

Red Smith Handicap The Red Smith Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A race on turf open to horses age three and older, it is typically run in November over a distance of miles (11 furlongs). Inaugur ...

at Belmont Park. Fifteen days later, he won again at Belmont, this time grabbing a victory at the Grade-1 1984

Bowling Green Handicap The Bowling Green Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age four years old and older over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in late July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. History The i ...

. He finished his win streak with a Grade 1 win in the July 14, 1984,

, which was his third graded win in less than 6 weeks. This was his last victory. Hero's Honor finished the 1984 season with a 2nd and a 3rd place in September 1984 at Belmont Park, then retired after an October 13, 1984, 7th-place finish at the Ballantine's Scotch Classic Handicap.

Stud career

Pedigree descendants include: ''c = colt, f =

filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States ...

Pedigree

References

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