Blue Peter IV

Blue Peter IV

: For other racehorses of the same name see: Blue Peter (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Blue Peter


caption =
sire = War Admiral
grandsire = Man o' War
dam = Carillon
damsire = Case Ace
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1946
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Joseph M. Roebling
owner = Joseph M. Roebling
trainer = Andy Schuttinger
record = 10: 8-0-2
earnings = $189,185
race = Belmont Futurity Stakes (1948)
Garden State Futurity (1948)
Hopeful Stakes (1948)
Sapling Stakes (1948)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1948)
awards= American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1948)
honours = Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977)
updated = CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAME CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC)

Blue Peter (1946-1950) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred and raced by Joseph M. Roebling, great-grandson of John A. Roebling, who built the Brooklyn Bridge, Blue Peter was out of the mare Carillon, a granddaughter of Teddy. He was sired by 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, a son of Man o' War who was ranked No. 1 in the Blood-Horse magazine list of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century.

Conditioned for racing by former jockey turned trainer, Andy Schuttinger, Blue Peter was sent to the track in 1948 at age two. That year he compiled a record of eight wins and two thirds from ten starts with several of his wins coming in the premier events against the best horses in his age group such as the Belmont Futurity Stakes, and the Hopeful Stakes The colt's performances earned him American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors.

Blue Peter did not race again and he died of an illness at age four. In 1977, his racing career was honored with an induction in the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/blue+peter2 Blue Peter's pedigree and partial racing stats]


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