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  Sire Menow
  Grandsire Pharamond
  Dam Gaga
  Damsire Bull Dog
  Sex Stallion
  Foaled 1949
  Country USA
  Colour Bay
  Breeder Duval A Headley
  Owner Greentree Stables Racing silks: Pink, black stripes on sleeves, black cap
  Trainer John M Gaver, Sr
  Record 30: 21-7-1
  Earnings $570,165
  Race Futurity Stakes (1951)<br> Metropolitan Handicap (1953)<br> Suburban Handicap (1953)<br> Brooklyn Handicap (1953)<br> Whitney Handicap (1953)<br> Carter Handicap (1953)<br> Wilson Stakes (1953)<br> Pimlico Special (1953)
  Awards US Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1951)<br> 2nd New York Handicap Triple (1953)<br> US Champion Older Horse (1953)<br> US Champion Sprint Horse (1953)<br> United States Horse Of The Year (1953)<br> Leading Broodmare Sire In Great Britain/Ireland (1965)
  Honours National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame (1960)<br> Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall Of Fame (1977)<br> #11 - Top 100 US Racehorses Of The 20th Century <br> Tom Fool Handicap at Belmont Park
  updated February 7, 2007


Tom Fool (1949-1976) was an American Thoroughbred Horse Racing Champion .

Owned by Greentree Stables , the bay Colt was the son of Menow out of the mare, Gaga. Tom Fool was trained by John M. Gaver, Sr. and ridden by Ted Atkinson . In his first season racing as a two-year-old, he had five wins and two seconds in seven starts, a performance that earned him Champion 2-Year-Old Colt honors for 1951.

Much was expected of Tom Fool in his three-year-old season but after finishing second in the , Tom Fool also won the Whitney Stakes and captured the Pimlico Special in his final race.


AS A SIRE

Retired to stud, with a career record of 21-7-1 in 30 starts, Tom Fool sired numerous stakes winners including:

Tom Fool is the damsire of :

Tom Fool is the grandsire of:


Tom Fool was inducted in the National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame in 1960 and in the Blood-Horse Magazine ranking of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred Champions Of The 20th Century , he was ranked #11.

He died in 1976.


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