Racehorse
Boston was known as Americans first race horse..
Sire-Timaleon
Grandsire-Sir Archy
Dam-Sister to Tuckahoe
Damsire-Ball's Florizel
Sex-Stallion
Foaled-1833 in Richmond, Virginia
Country-USA
Colour-Chestnut
Record- 45-40-2-1
Awards-1955 Hall of Fame
Boston was named after a popular card game..And he was also lost in a card game...
On April 20,1836 he was in a match race in Richmond..Boston
ran away with the race, gaining a long lead, only to stop and sulk....
Boston won fifteen races in succession from Georgia to New York...Winning 40 of 45 starts...
By 1849, Boston was blind and in poor health,he could only stand with the aid of a harness..He was found dead in his stall on January 31,1850...
His two best sons Lexington and Lecomte were born in the spring after his death...
Boston was one of the first groups of horses inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and the Hall of Fame in 1955
Boston is buried at Hurstland Farm in Midway Ky. in an unmarked grave...
Boston was known as Americans first race horse..
Sire-Timaleon
Grandsire-Sir Archy
Dam-Sister to Tuckahoe
Damsire-Ball's Florizel
Sex-Stallion
Foaled-1833 in Richmond, Virginia
Country-USA
Colour-Chestnut
Record- 45-40-2-1
Awards-1955 Hall of Fame
Boston was named after a popular card game..And he was also lost in a card game...
On April 20,1836 he was in a match race in Richmond..Boston
ran away with the race, gaining a long lead, only to stop and sulk....
Boston won fifteen races in succession from Georgia to New York...Winning 40 of 45 starts...
By 1849, Boston was blind and in poor health,he could only stand with the aid of a harness..He was found dead in his stall on January 31,1850...
His two best sons Lexington and Lecomte were born in the spring after his death...
Boston was one of the first groups of horses inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and the Hall of Fame in 1955
Boston is buried at Hurstland Farm in Midway Ky. in an unmarked grave...
Racehorse
Boston was known as Americans first race horse..
Sire-Timaleon
Grandsire-Sir Archy
Dam-Sister to Tuckahoe
Damsire-Ball's Florizel
Sex-Stallion
Foaled-1833 in Richmond, Virginia
Country-USA
Colour-Chestnut
Record- 45-40-2-1
Awards-1955 Hall of Fame
Boston was named after a popular card game..And he was also lost in a card game...
On April 20,1836 he was in a match race in Richmond..Boston
ran away with the race, gaining a long lead, only to stop and sulk....
Boston won fifteen races in succession from Georgia to New York...Winning 40 of 45 starts...
By 1849, Boston was blind and in poor health,he could only stand with the aid of a harness..He was found dead in his stall on January 31,1850...
His two best sons Lexington and Lecomte were born in the spring after his death...
Boston was one of the first groups of horses inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and the Hall of Fame in 1955
Boston is buried at Hurstland Farm in Midway Ky. in an unmarked grave...
Boston was known as Americans first race horse..
Sire-Timaleon
Grandsire-Sir Archy
Dam-Sister to Tuckahoe
Damsire-Ball's Florizel
Sex-Stallion
Foaled-1833 in Richmond, Virginia
Country-USA
Colour-Chestnut
Record- 45-40-2-1
Awards-1955 Hall of Fame
Boston was named after a popular card game..And he was also lost in a card game...
On April 20,1836 he was in a match race in Richmond..Boston
ran away with the race, gaining a long lead, only to stop and sulk....
Boston won fifteen races in succession from Georgia to New York...Winning 40 of 45 starts...
By 1849, Boston was blind and in poor health,he could only stand with the aid of a harness..He was found dead in his stall on January 31,1850...
His two best sons Lexington and Lecomte were born in the spring after his death...
Boston was one of the first groups of horses inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and the Hall of Fame in 1955
Boston is buried at Hurstland Farm in Midway Ky. in an unmarked grave...
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