Fitz Herbert

Fitz Herbert
Circa 1909.
Sire	Ethelbert
Dam	Morganatic
Damsire	Emperor
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1906
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Perry Belmont
Owner	1) A. Jack Joyner 2) Herman Brandt (1908) 3) Sam Hildreth (1908) 4) Charles Kohler (1910)
Trainer	Sam Hildreth
Record	44: 31-7-3
Earnings	Not found
Major wins
Advance Stakes (1909) Suburban Handicap (1909) Jerome Handicap (1909) Lawrence Realization Handicap (1909) Brooklyn Handicap (1910)
Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (Retrospective Award) (1909) U.S. Champion Handicap Horse (Retrospective Award) (1910) Horse of the Year (Retrospective Award) (1909 & 1910)
Last updated on November 18, 2006

Fitz Herbert (1906-not found) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Perry Belmont, he was owned by trainer A. J. Joyner, who sold him in early 1908 to Herman Brandt for $3,500. Later that year, Brandt sold the colt to trainer Sam Hildreth.

For Hildreth, he was ridden by jockey Cal Shilling and earned back-to-back United States Horse of the Year awards. His major victories came in long races, something his trainer specialized in. In the 1909 Lawrence Realization Handicap, the horse set a world record for a 1-5/8 mile race. His race record in 1909 was fifteen starts with fourteen wins and one second. His only loss came to a filly named Affliction.^[1] Lightly raced in 1910, he won two races and finished second in his other two starts.^[2]

In a deal described by the New York Times as the "biggest sale in years," in February 1910 Hildreth sold Fitz Herbert for $40,000 to Charles Kohler, owner of Ramapo Stock Farm in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. Due to the legislated ban on parimutuel betting by the state of New York, a few weeks later Fitz Herbert and other horses owned by Kohler were shipped to stables at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in France where he was conditioned to compete in steeplechase racing.

References

Fitz Herbert's pedigree and racing stats

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