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Fort Larned is a bay horse with a small white star.He was bred in Kentucky by Janis Whitham, under whose colors he also raced.In 1988, Whitham and her late husband purchased the Argentinian mare Bayakoa and campaigned her in the United States, winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff in both 1989 and 1990.
Fort Larned went to the lead and set a brisk pace, trailed by Mucho Macho Man. Fort Larned opened up a lead of nearly three lengths moving into the far turn, then Mucho Macho Man started to close ground. With an eighth of a mile to go, Fort Larned's lead was down to a half length and his jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. went to the whip.
Larned, Kansas and the fort that was constructed there are named in honor of Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, the paymaster general of the United States Army at the time the post was established. Larned experienced a lengthy military career, first serving as an ensign in the 21st Infantry during the War of 1812.
This year’s Run for the Roses is the 150th renewal of North America’s marquee horse race. ... Hernandez, 38, won the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic aboard Fort Larned. The win came on the jockey ...
Eleven years ago, the 38-year-old Hernandez had another signature moment on one of horse racing’s grandest stages. On the jockey’s 27th birthday, he guided Fort Larned to victory in the 2012 ...
Fort Larned, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Whitney; Royal Delta, who won both the Delaware Handicap and Beldame to qualify for the Ladies' Classic; Little Mike, who qualified for the Turf by winning the Arlington Million; Wise Dan, who won both the Woodbine Mile and Shadwell Turf Mile to quality for the Breeders' Cup Mile
The 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 30th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 2, 2013 at Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, California for a purse of $5,000,000.
This is as big as it gets for the 2004 recipient of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, who won the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic with Fort Larned. Hernandez made his Derby debut in ...