Bardstown (horse)

Bardstown (1952–1972) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Bardstown
Sire	Alibhai
Grandsire	Hyperion
Dam	Twilight Tear
Damsire	Bull Lea
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1952
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Calumet Farm
Owner	Calumet Farm
Trainer	Horace A. Jones
Record	31: 18-7-1
Earnings	US$628,752
Major wins
Buckeye Handicap (1956) Equipoise Mile Handicap (1956) Longport Handicap (1956) Quaker City Handicap (1956,1958) Trenton Handicap (1956) Appleton Handicap (1957) Gulfstream Park Handicap (1957) Tropical Handicap (1957, 1959) Widener Handicap (1957, 1959) Orange Bowl Handicap (1959)

Background

He was bred and raced by Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky who named him for the city of Bardstown in Nelson County, Kentucky. Due to ankle and hip joint problems, Bardstown, a gelding, did not race until age four but then competed for four years and became one of the top older horses of his time.

Racing career

Trained by "Jimmy" Jones, among his important wins Bardstown twice won Florida's Tropical Handicap at Tropical Park Race Track as well as the premier event on the winter racing calendar, the Widener Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. At age seven, Bardstown set a new Tropical Park track record of 1:40 2/5 for a mile and one sixteenth on dirt while winning the 1959 Orange Bowl Handicap.

Retirement

Bardstown was retired to Calumet Farm in 1960 where he died in 1972.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Bardstown

Sire Alibhai	Hyperion	Gainsborough	Bayardo
			Rose Drop
		Selene	Chaucer
			Serenissima
	Teresina	Tracery	Rock Sand
			Topiary
		Blue Tit	Wildflower
			Petit Bleu
Dam Twilight Tear	Bull Lea	Bull Dog	Teddy
			Plucky Liege
		Rose Leaves	Ballot
			Colonial
	Lady Lark	Blue Larkspur	Black Servant
			Blossom Time
		Ladana	Lucullite
			Adana