Lookout (horse)
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Lookout was an American
Thoroughbred
racehorse that is best known for winning the 1893 Kentucky Derby
, with runners up Plutus and Lookout's ill-tempered stablemate, Boundless, struggling for second place.
Lookout was a chestnut colt with full (up to the knee and hock joints) white stockings
on three of his legs. Secretariat
, incidentally, was similarly marked on the same three legs. Lookout's sire, Troubadour
, was the 1886 Suburban Handicap
winner, while his damsire, King Alfonso, was a successful flat-racer and sire.
) spent the remainder of the race struggling for second place.
and was sold to Canadian Joseph E. Seagram
, founder of the Seagram Distillery
and a major Thoroughbred owner/breeder. The last record of him racing was in a September 1896 race where he finished last.
Lookout is rumored to have been killed in 1896 or 1897 while participating in a steeplechase.[1]
United States
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse that is best known for winning the 1893 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
, with runners up Plutus and Lookout's ill-tempered stablemate, Boundless, struggling for second place.
Lookout was a chestnut colt with full (up to the knee and hock joints) white stockings
Horse markings
Markings on horses usually are distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color. Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify the horse as a unique individual. Markings are present at birth and do not change over the course of the horse's life...
on three of his legs. Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold...
, incidentally, was similarly marked on the same three legs. Lookout's sire, Troubadour
Troubadour (horse)
Troubadour was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by A. J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud, he was sired by Lisbon, a son of the imported British stallion Phaeton who in turn was a son of two-time Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, King Tom. His dam was Glenluine, a...
, was the 1886 Suburban Handicap
Suburban Handicap
The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
winner, while his damsire, King Alfonso, was a successful flat-racer and sire.
Kentucky Derby
The nineteenth Derby was run on a sunny, clear day with a field of six horses. A crowd of 10,000 spectators looked on in one of the biggest turnouts since the race's founding in 1875. J. Cushing and J. Orth had entered two of their horses in the Derby, with the other being the notoriously difficult start Boundless. Lookout was ridden by Edward Kunze and Boundless had R. Williams as his jockey. Lookout was the leader throughout the race, being continually pulled back by Kunze, and won the race by 5 lengths.[3] Plutus, Boundless and Buck McCann (son of 1884 winner BuchananBuchanan (horse)
Buchanan was an American thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1884 Kentucky Derby, Ripple Stakes and Clark Stakes. Buchanan had not achieved a race win before competing in the Kentucky Derby and by contemporary accounts was a difficult and unruly mount...
) spent the remainder of the race struggling for second place.
Later Career
Lookout was geldedGelding
A gelding is a castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. Castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday...
and was sold to Canadian Joseph E. Seagram
Joseph E. Seagram
Joseph Emm Seagram was a British Canadian distillery founder, politician, philanthropist, and major owner of thoroughbred racehorses....
, founder of the Seagram Distillery
Seagram
The Seagram Company Ltd. was a large corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world. Toward the end of its independent existence it also controlled various entertainment and other business ventures...
and a major Thoroughbred owner/breeder. The last record of him racing was in a September 1896 race where he finished last.
Lookout is rumored to have been killed in 1896 or 1897 while participating in a steeplechase.[1]