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Colorado King (foaled 1959) was a South African Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed successfully in the United States. He was Champion Two Year Old (1961/62) and Three Year Old (1962/63) in South Africa, before being sold to race in the United States. Conditioned in South Africa by trainer , Colorado King won ten races in including the and the Durban July Handicap. Sold to an American racing partnership led by William R. (Fritz) Hawn, he raced under the Poltex Stable banner in California. There, under trainer Wally Dunn, Colorado King won six races in 1964 including the Hollywood Gold Cup in which he defeated Native Diver, the American Handicap where he equalled the world record for 9 furlongs and the Sunset Handicap at a mile and five-eighths by seven lengths. In 1965 he won only once in nine starts before being retired to stud where he met with limited success as a sire. (en) |
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dbr:Colorado_King_Stakes |
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dbr:Wally_Dunn dbr:Sydney_C._Laird |
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Champion Three Year Old South Africa (en) Champion Two Year Old South Africa (en) Horse of the Year South Africa (en) |
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Birch Bros. (en) |
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dbr:Chestnut_(coat) |
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dbr:South_Africa |
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Courageous (en) |
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Fairthorn (en) |
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R64,590 + $251,825 (en) |
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1959 (xsd:integer) |
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Machiero (en) |
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Colorado King Stakes Grade 2 (en) |
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Colorado King (en) |
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P.S. Louw (en) Poltex Stable (en) |
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Grand Rapids (en) |
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| rdfs:comment |
Colorado King (foaled 1959) was a South African Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed successfully in the United States. He was Champion Two Year Old (1961/62) and Three Year Old (1962/63) in South Africa, before being sold to race in the United States. (en) |
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Colorado King (en) |
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Colorado King (en) |
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