- Granville (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Granville
caption =
sire =Gallant Fox
grandsire =Sir Gallahad III
dam = Gravita
damsire = Sarmatian
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1933
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder =Belair Stud
owner =William Woodward, Sr.
trainer =Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
record = 18: 8-4-3
earnings = $111,820
race =Arlington Classic (1936)Saratogo Cup (1936)Lawrence Realization Stakes (1936)Travers Stakes (1936)American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1936)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1936)
Horse of the Year (1936)
honours = United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1997)
updated= April 14, 2007Granville (1933-not found) was an American Hall of Fame
Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by prominent horsemanWilliam Woodward, Sr. at hisBelair Stud inBowie, Maryland , Granville was sired by U.S. Triple Crown winnerGallant Fox and out of the mare Gravita.Racing at age two under future Hall of Fame trainer
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons , Granville was unimpressive. He won only one of seven starts with his most noteworthy finish in a major race coming in the Champagne Stakes in which he finished third. The following year, in the run-up to the 1936Kentucky Derby , Granville finished a strong second toTeufel in theWood Memorial Stakes . In the Derby, won by Bold Venture, shortly after the start Granville threw jockeyJames Stout and as such finished last in the fourteen-horse field. However, he then embarked on what would be a brilliant three-year-old campaign with a second place finish by a nose to Bold Venture in thePreakness Stakes then won theBelmont Stakes . Granville went on to win the 1936Arlington Classic at 1¼ miles plus much longer races such as the 1⅝ mileLawrence Realization Stakes and he defeated the great Discovery by eight lengths in the 1¾ mileSaratoga Cup .Retired from racing after an ankle injury, Granville finished the year with seven wins and three seconds in his eleven starts and was voted U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt and the most prestigious honor in American Thoroughbred racing, Horse of the Year. Sent to
horse breeding duty at his owners stud farm, Granville was less than successful as a sire with his last issue foaled in 1949.In 1997, Granville was inducted in the United States'
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame .References
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=84 Granville at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/granville Granville's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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