Black Gold (February 17, 1921 - January 18, 1928) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing horse that won the 50th run of the Kentucky Derby in 1924.
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The Black Gold Dam, U-See-it, is owned by Al Hoots. As a horse race, U-See-it's not brought up in fashion, but he's fast. Only one horse bred Oklahoma never beat him in a 6-furlong race on a small western track: Pan Zareta's Hall of Fame. U-See-it won 34 starts, and his wallet supports Al Hoots and his wife Rosa. The Hootses live in the Indian territory and are famous on the Texas/New Orleans racing circuit. In 1916, Al Hoots entered U-See-it into a race that claimed in Ciudad JuÃÆ'¡rez, Mexico, where it was claimed. When Hoots refuses to give the horse to his new owner, he and U-See-it is forbidden racing for life.
In 1917, Al was dying. In certain versions of the story, he dreamed that if the U-Look-was bred to one of the leading studs of the time, the foal he carried would win the Kentucky Derby. In another version, Al just hoped this could happen. When oil was found in what is now Oklahoma, Rosa Hoots (who is a member of the Osage Nation) sent U-See-it to Idle Hour Stock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where Black Toney Colonel E. R. Bradley stood in stud. The result is a black stallion named Black Gold. Hanley Webb (or Hedley or Harry, depending on the source), who is a close friend of Al Hoots and also trained U-See-it, is a Black Gold trainer. The man who trained and trained him was also his regular jockey, J. D. Mooney.
There is also a book called Black Gold, by Marguerite Henry and tells about the life of Black Gold.
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Racing career
Starting at the New Orleans Fair Grounds on January 8, 1923, Black Gold won nine races in 18 starts as a two-year-old, including the final. When he came out as a three-year-old, he won his first two races, then moved to the Stakes company in Louisiana Derby. He led from the start, splashing mud onto the field wire and winning by six lengths. Mrs. Hoots reportedly offered $ 50,000 for his son, but refused. After delivery to Churchill Downs in the spring, Black Gold won the Derby Court.
Black Gold went into 1924 running Derby as a favorite. In 1924, Kentucky Derby was fifty years old and therefore celebrated as the "Golden Jubilee Derby." This is the first time a golden trophy is awarded to the winner and for the first time "My Old Kentucky Home" is played before the race. Black Gold won it with a rough journey against strong competition in the last seventy yards. Driven by J.D. Mooney, he was hit and forced to check, but recovered. Racing four and five wide, Black Gold took over Chilhowee to win.
Nicknamed "Indian Horse," Black Gold is not racing in Preakness or Belmont Stakes after Derby. Instead, he won two more derbies: Ohio State Derby, his seventh successive win, and the Chicago Derby. He is the first horse to win the Derbies from four different states: Derby Louisiana, Kentucky Derby, Derby Ohio, Derby Chicago.
The Thoroughbred Record says about the best Black Gold season: "... about a strong campaign like a horse can be called to live, who knows no let-ups and never avoids a problem."
Retire and comeback
Black Gold is retired for stud, but not fertile. At the age of six, he returned to the racetrack. He started four more times without a win. On January 18, 1928, at the age of seven, he began at Salome Purse at the New Orleans Fair Grounds. In the stretch, he broke down and finished the race with three legs. He was euthanized on the track.
She is buried in the middle of the Fair Grounds field near the sixteenth pole, next to her mother's old rival, Pan Zareta. The Thoroughbred Record writes that Black Gold is "... as the game of a horse that once stood on the plate, and answered the caller's call."
A male lineage of Eclipse, Black Gold was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1989.
Career highlights
at the age of 2 years:
- First: Bashford Manor Stakes
- 2: The Cincinnati Trophy
- 2: Tobacco Bets
- 3: Futurans Breeders
at the age of 3 years:
- win: Kentucky Derby
- win: Louisiana Derby
- win: Chicago Derby
- win: Ohio Derby
- win: Derby Court
- 3: Derby Latonia
- 3: Derby Raceland
In popular culture
The horse inspired the 1947 film Black Gold.
References
- Black Gold page at National Museum Hall of Fame
- Derby Kentucky Black Gold
- Short bio with photos
- Black Gold and Louisiana Derby, 1924
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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