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Descendants in Man o' War's Memorial Gravesite
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Man o' War's memorial gravesite also holds the remains of several of his sons and daughters, including Triple Crown winner War Admiral, who was foaled at Samuel Riddle's Faraway Farm in 1934 and became Man o' War's greatest son. As a two-year-old, War Admiral won three of six races, then won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness after a furious stretch duel with Pampoon, and the Belmont Stakes to complete the Triple Crown, finishing 1937 with eight wins in eight starts and Horse of the Year honors. At four he won nine of 11 starts, including the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and lost a famous match race to Seabiscuit in the Pimlico Special before retiring to stud with 21 wins in 26 starts. He later became leading sire in 1945, leading sire of juveniles in 1948, and leading broodmare sire in 1962 and 1964, siring 40 stakes winners before his death in 1959; in 1977 his gravesite was moved to the Kentucky Horse Park. Also buried here is War Relic, foaled in 1938, who began racing at three in 1941, recovered from six straight losses to win eight of his final 10 starts that year, and was retired to stud in 1942 after a successful four-year-old season, later becoming leading sire of two-year-olds in 1950. Brushup, foaled in 1929 and best known as the dam of War Admiral, raced only three times as a two-year-old in 1931 and earned a total of $200. War Hazard, a chestnut filly foaled in 1938 at Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, won 25 of 43 races and finished second or third in 11 others. War Kilt, one of Man o' War's last crop of foals, started eight times as a two-year-old with three wins, including the Demoiselle Stakes, then raced only once at three and finished out of the money.
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