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Point Given (March 27, 1998 – September 11, 2023) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2001 American Horse of the Year. That year, he won the Preakness Stakes , Belmont Stakes , Haskell Invitational , and Travers Stakes , becoming the first horse ever to win four $1 million races in a row.
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Point Given began his 3-year-old campaign with impressive wins in the San Felipe Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby before enduring a troubled trip and finishing fifth in the Kentucky Derby. Point Given was back in top form two weeks later in winning the Preakness.
15 maj 2017 · Point Given completed the fourth-fastest time in the mile-and-a-half Belmont, covering the grueling distance in 2:26 2/5 seconds. That trails only Secretariat (2:24 in 1973), Easy Goer (2:26, 1989) and A.P. Indy (2:26, 1992). He is one of 11 horses to achieve the Preakness-Belmont double after failing to win the Kentucky Derby.
10 gru 2019 · But after a little bit of urging from Gary Stevens, Point Given realized the importance of the duel and pulled away to win by 3 ½ lengths. The Big Red Train’s win in the Gr.1 Travers made him the first horse since 1967 to win the Preakness, Belmont, and Travers -- just the 11th horse to ever do it.
11 wrz 2023 · Point Given, who landed Horse of the Year honors in 2001 off of a pair of classic wins and four straight grade 1 scores, died Sept. 11 at the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions.
Point Given was the first Thoroughbred in history to win four consecutive million-dollar races. Massive, powerful, consistent, determined, and sometimes hard to handle, Point Given showed early on that he had speed and stamina: two essential elements for a horse vying for the Triple Crown.
