Lookout (1890 – after 1898) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for winning the 1893 Kentucky Derby. It was born in Kentucky, United States.
Lookout was a chestnut colt with full (up to the knee and hock joints) white stockings on three of his legs. His sire, Troubadour, was the 1886 Suburban Handicap winner, while his damsire, King Alfonso, was a successful flat-racer and sire.Lookout Pedigree
Kentucky Derby The nineteenth Derby was run on a sunny, clear day with a field of six horses.Jim Bolus,Run for the Roses: 100 years at the Kentucky Derby. Hawthorn Books Inc. 1974 A crowd of 10,000 spectators looked on in one of the biggest turnouts since the race's founding in 1875.NY Times. May 11, 1893 J. Cushing and J. Orth had entered two of their horses, with the other being the notoriously difficult Boundless. Lookout was ridden by Edward Kunze, and Boundless had R. Williams as his jockey. Lookout was the leader throughout the race, being continually pulled back by Kunze, and won by 5 lengths. Plutus, Boundless, and Buck McCann (son of 1884 winner Buchanan) finished second, third, and fourth.
Later career Lookout was gelded Daily Racing Form. "Careers of Kentucky Derby winners." May 19, 1910. and was sold to Canadian Joseph E. Seagram, founder of the Seagram Distillery and a major Thoroughbred owner/breeder. The last record of him racing was in a September 1896 race where he finished last.NY Times. Sept. 6, 1896 By 1897, he was gelded and racing for J.R. Walker. He was sold in Toronto in November 1898 to L. Reinhardt Jr. for $65.
Pedigree
Lookout is inbred 3S x 3D to the stallion Phaeton, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
Lookout is inbred 4S x 3D to the stallion Lexington, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
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