Omaha
Trainer:Sunny Jim FitzsimmonsOwner: Belair Stud
Foaling Date: 1932-03-24
Pedigree: Gallant Fox and Flambino of Wrack
Dosage: 0-0-8-4-4 (16)
Dosage Index / CD: 0.33 / -0.75
Omaha was
born at
Claiborne
Farm,
Kentucky
and was
the son of
1930 US
Triple
Crown
winner
Gallant
Fox and
the mare
Flambino.
He started
his career
very
poorly; he
had won
only once
in nine
races.
William
Woodward,
Sr.’s
famous
Belair
Stud was
the owner
of Omaha
while
Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmon
s used to
train the
horse. In
January
1936, he
was
shipped to
England to
race
before
200,000
spectators
. Omaha
lost the
race by a
head to
the filly
– Quashed.
He was
retired
from
racing at
stud at
Claiborne
Farm. When
he died in
1959 at
the age of
twenty-sev
en, he was
buried in
the circle
of
champions
at the
Ak-Sar-Ben
racetrack.
Though in
his
lifetime
Omaha was
not
considered
a great
sire, his
blood ran
through
the veins
of many
champions
of
England.
In 1965,
he was
inducted
into the
national
museum of
Racing and
Hall of
Fame.
| • Important Racing Wins: — · Arlington Classic (1935) · Dwyer Stakes (1935) · Queen's Plate (Great Britain) (1936) |
| • American Classic Races: — · Kentucky Derby (1935) · Preakness Stakes (1935) · Belmont Stakes (1935) |
| • Racing Awards: — · 3rd U.S. Triple Crown Winner (1935) · U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (1935) |
| • Honours: — · U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1965) · #61 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
