Kelso (April 4, 1957 - October 16, 1983) was an American thoroughbred race horse and is considered to be among the best racehorses of the Twentieth century. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th, behind only Man o' War (1st), Secretariat (2nd), and Citation (3rd).
Kelso did not start out in glory. His breeding was less than stellar. Born at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ke...
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Kelso (April 4, 1957 - October 16, 1983) was an American thoroughbred race horse and is considered to be among the best racehorses of the Twentieth century. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th, behind only Man o' War (1st), Secretariat (2nd), and Citation (3rd).
Kelso did not start out in glory. His breeding was less than stellar. Born at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky, Kelso was sired by a well-known, yet unproven stallion, Your Host. He was out of the dam, Maid of Flight, with no reputation at all...although her sire was Count Fleet and her grandsire was Man o' War. Kelso was her first foal, a bit scrawny, a bit runty, and quite the handful. Before he ever set hoof on a track, owner Allaire du Pont had him gelded in the hopes of calming him down. By all reports, it did not work. Kelso was never a "nice" horse. In any case, regardless of his dam and sire, he was a maternal grandson of U.S. Triple...
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