Alan-a-Dale (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Alan-a-Dale


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sire = Halma
grandsire = Hanover
dam = Sudie McNairy
damsire = Enquirer
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1899
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Thomas Clay McDowell
owner = Thomas Clay McDowell
trainer = Thomas Clay McDowell
record = 37: 17-7-1
earnings = $25,195
race = Brighton Junior Stakes (1901)
Kentucky Derby (1902)
Oakwood Handicap (1903)
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honours =
updated= January 6, 2007

Alan-a-Dale (1899-1925) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1902 Kentucky Derby. At age two, Alan-a-Dale won three of his four starts but the following year health problems kept him out of racing until Kentucky Derby time. Ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey Jimmy Winkfield, the official Kentucky Derby website says that Alan-a-Dale had a lead of six lengths and despite going lame down the stretch, "carried on with flawless courage to win by a nose." This injury kept Alan-a-Dale out of racing for the rest of the year.

At age four, Alan-a-Dale returned to the track and raced successfully for three more years, retiring with seventeen wins from his thirty-seven lifetime starts. At stud, he met with limited success and died in 1925 at age twenty-six.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/alan-a-dale Alan-a-Dale's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1902.html Alan-a-Dale's 1902 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs official website]