Editing Count Fleet (section)

==Stud record==
Count Fleet was originally expected to race at age four but kept re-injuring himself before he was able to do so. He was officially retired to [[stud (animal)|stud]] in July 1944 having won 16 of 21 races and went on to enjoy great success as a [[sire]].<ref name="DRFCementing">{{cite web|last1=Livingston|first1=Barbara|title=Count Fleet - cementing his name in history {{!}} Daily Racing Form|url=http://www.drf.com/blogs/count-fleet-cementing-his-name-history|website=www.drf.com|access-date=20 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> From 434 named foals, he sired 267 winners and 39 stakes winners. Himself the son of Derby winner Reigh Count, he went on to sire another Derby winner, [[Count Turf]]. Only one other such three-generation sequence of Derby winners exists: [[Pensive]], [[Ponder (horse)|Ponder]] and [[Needles (horse)|Needles]]. Other major winners by Count Fleet include [[Belmont Stakes]] champions [[Counterpoint (horse)|Counterpoint]] and [[One Count]], and champion filly [[Kiss Me Kate (horse)|Kiss Me Kate]]. He was the [[leading sire in North America]] of 1951.<ref name=ACP />

Count Fleet was an outstanding broodmare sire, [[Leading broodmare sire in North America|leading the broodmare sire]] list in 1963 and runner-up in 1960 and 1961.<ref name=ACP /> His daughters produced [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]], 1965 Kentucky Derby winner [[Lucky Debonair]], the Canadian star filly [[Ice Water (horse)|Ice Water]], and multiple stakes winners [[Tompion]], [[Lamb Chop (horse)|Lamb Chop]] and [[Quill (horse)|Quill]]. Another daughter, Sequence, mated with 1955 Preakness and Belmont winner [[Nashua (horse)|Nashua]] to produce ''Gold Digger'', dam of the highly influential sire [[Mr. Prospector]].<ref name=DRFCementing /> His daughter Virginia Water was mated with [[Princequillo]] to produce Milan Mill, the dam of [[Mill Reef]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mill Reef (horse)|url=http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/mill-reef.html|website=American Classic Pedigrees|access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref> Although Count Fleet's sire line is now extinct, he is still an important influence in modern pedigrees through his daughters. For example, he appears twice in the pedigree of 2015 Triple Crown winner [[American Pharoah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Triple Crown Connections|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/106728/triple-crown-connections|website=BloodHorse.com|access-date=20 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>