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.
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