Bally Ache (1957-1960) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won one of the American Classics in 1960 but died shortly afterwards. In her book American Classic Pedigrees (1914-2002), author Avalyn Hunter wrote that Bally Ache was "a crowd favorite" who "won hearts by his sheer determination."
Bally Ache was bred by the Gaines brothers at their Twin Oak Farm in Kentucky and sold as a yearling as part of a $5,000 two-horse deal. His purchaser ...
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Bally Ache (1957-1960) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won one of the American Classics in 1960 but died shortly afterwards. In her book American Classic Pedigrees (1914-2002), author Avalyn Hunter wrote that Bally Ache was "a crowd favorite" who "won hearts by his sheer determination."
Bally Ache was bred by the Gaines brothers at their Twin Oak Farm in Kentucky and sold as a yearling as part of a $5,000 two-horse deal. His purchaser was Leonard Fruchtman, a steel company executive from Toledo, Ohio who had a small string of horses racing under his Edgehill Farm colors.
Trained by Homer "Jimmy" Pitt, as a two-year-old, Bally Ache had an outstanding year of racing. Of his sixteen starts, he won five stakes races, set a new track record at Jamaica Racetrack for five furlongs, and finished out of the money just once. He ended the year ranked second in earnings to Bellehurst Stables' 1959 Champion Two-Year-Old, Warfare.
At age three, Bally Ache was even more impressive,...
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