Fort Marcy

Sire:

Amerigo

Grand Sire:

Nearco

Dam:

Key Bridge

Dam Sire:

Princequillo

Sex:

Gelding

Foaled:

1964

Birth Date:

7/31/64

Death Date:

7/31/91

Breeder:

Paul Mellon

Owner(s):

Rokeby Stables

Trainer(s):

J. Elliott Burch

Jockey(s):

Manuel Ycaza
Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte CM
Jorge Velásquez

Record:

75:21-18-14

Earnings:

$1,109,790

Major Race Wins

Washington, D.C. International (1967, 1970)

Bernard Baruch Handicap (1967)

Long Branch Stakes (1967)

Tidal Handicap (1967, 1969)

Stars and Stripes Handicap (1968)

Sunset Handicap (1968)

Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (1969)

United Nations Handicap (1970)

Man O' War Stakes (1970)

Bowling Green Handicap (1970)

Awards / Honors

American Champion Male Turf Horse (1967, 1970)

American Co-Champion Male Turf Horse (1968)

American Champion Older Male Horse (1970)

American Co-Champion Horse of the Year (1970)

United States Racing Hall of Fame (1998)

General

Fort Marcy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. His grandsire was the important Italian horse, Nearco. In 1970 he earned three Champion titles including Co-Horse of the Year honors. He competed for six years until his retirement at the end of the 1971 racing season.

Fort Marcy died in 1991 at Rokeby Farm in Upperville, Virginia. In 1998, he was voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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