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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Count Fleet | image = [[Image:1943 Kentucky Derby - Count Fleet victory.jpg|255px]] | caption = Kentucky Derby win, May 1, 1943 | sire = [[Reigh Count]] | grandsire = Sunreigh | dam = Quickly | damsire = Haste | sex = [[Stallion]] | foaled = 1940 | country = [[United States]] | color = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]] | breeder = [[John D. Hertz|Fannie Hertz]] | owner = Fannie Hertz. Colors: Yellow, black circle on sleeves, yellow cap | trainer = [[Gregory Duncan Cameron|Don Cameron]] | record = 21: 16-4-1 | earnings = $250,300<ref name="EquibaseProfile">{{cite web|title=Count Fleet Profile|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=103316®istry=T&rbt=TB|website=www.equibase.com|access-date=15 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> | race = [[Wakefield Stakes]] (1942)<br>[[Walden Stakes]] (1942)<br>[[Champagne Stakes (United States)|Champagne Stakes]] (1942)<br>[[Pimlico Futurity]] (1942)<br>[[Wood Memorial]] (1943)<br>[[Withers Stakes]] (1943)<br> '''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown race]] wins:'''<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1943)<br>[[Preakness Stakes]] (1943)<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1943) | awards = [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|6th U.S. Triple Crown Champion]] (1943)<br>[[American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt|U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt]]<br>[[American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1943)<br>[[American Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] (1943)<br>[[Leading sire in North America]] (1951)<br>[[Leading broodmare sire in North America]] (1963) | honours = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] (1961)<br>[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#5 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br>[[Count Fleet Stakes]] at [[Aqueduct Racetrack]]<br>[[Count Fleet Sprint Handicap]] at [[Oaklawn Park Race Track|Oaklawn Park]] | updated = September 27, 2006 }} '''Count Fleet''' (March 24, 1940 β December 3, 1973) was a champion American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who is the sixth winner of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|American Triple Crown]]. He won the [[Belmont Stakes]] by a then record margin of twenty-five lengths. After an undefeated season, he was named the 1943 [[American Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]] and champion three-year-old. Also a champion at age two, he is ranked as one of the greatest American racehorses of the twentieth century, ranking fifth on the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century|Bloodhorse magazine's listing]]. He was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1961. Count Fleet started his two-year-old campaign with two losses and was originally known more for his erratic behavior than his looks or racing ability. But the colt gradually improved, eventually winning 10 of 15 starts at age two, four of them in stakes company. At distances of a mile and up, he was undefeated. In the [[Champagne Stakes (United States)|Champagne Stakes]], he set a world record for a two-year-old at a distance of a mile. He was named champion two-year-old and became the early favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. As a three-year-old, Count Fleet dominated North American racing, never losing a race. Leading up to the [[Kentucky Derby]], he won the important [[Wood Memorial]] but injured himself in the process. He recovered to take the Derby, the United States' most prestigious race, by three lengths, then went on to [[Baltimore, Maryland]], where he dominated the [[Preakness Stakes]], taking that one by eight lengths. He won the [[Withers Stakes]] before heading to [[Elmont, New York]] for the [[Belmont Stakes]] where he captured the Triple Crown by scoring a 25-length victory, a margin that stood as the record until surpassed by [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] in 1973. When the season ended, Count Fleet was voted [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|Champion Three Year Old]] and named [[American Horse of the Year]]. Count Fleet was also a great success as a sire and broodmare sire, leading the North American lists in 1951 and 1963 respectively. He sired Kentucky Derby winner [[Count Turf]] and Belmont Stakes winners [[Counterpoint (horse)|Counterpoint]] and [[One Count]]. He was the broodmare sire of five-time Horse of the Year [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]], and sired the second dam of the influential sire [[Mr. Prospector]]. He died of natural causes in 1973 at the advanced age of 33 years as the longest lived Kentucky Derby winner ever.
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