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Apollo (horse)

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Foaled
  
1879

Colour
  
Chestnut

Owner
  
Green B. Morris

Species
  
Equus caballus

Earnings
  
21,680 USD

Grandsire
  
Lexington

Country
  
United States

Breeder
  
Daniel Swigert

Trainer
  
Green B. Morris

Sex
  
Gelding

Damsire
  
The Colonel

Apollo (1879–1887) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won 24 races in his career, including the 1882 Kentucky Derby.

Apollo is the only horse to win the Kentucky Derby without having raced as a 2-year-old.

Apollo was injured as a five-year-old and was retired from racing. He was given to a friend of Morris's wife that lived in Charleston for use as a saddle horse.

References

Apollo (horse) Wikipedia