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Arts and Letters
Chestnut colt foaled in 1966. Died in 1998. By Ribot-All Beautiful, by Battlefield.
Breeder:
Paul Mellon's Rokeby Stable
Owner:
Paul Mellon
Trainer:
Elliott Burch
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RACE RECORD
| YEAR |
AGE | STARTS |
1ST | 2ND |
3RD | EARNED |
| 1968 | 2 |
6 | 2 |
1 | 0 | $18,898 |
| 1969 | 3 |
14 | 8 |
5 | 1 | $555,604 |
| 1970 | 4 |
3 | 1 |
0 | 0 | $57,902 |
| TOTALS: |
23 | 11 |
6 | 1 | $632,404 |
Arts and Letters had his best season at 3 when he won six of the most important races run in New York. These races ranged from one to two miles in length and frequently involved his two most significant rivals, Nodouble and Majestic Prince. Arts and Letters began his winning streak by defeating older champion Nodouble in the Metropolitan Handicap. Next he avenged his losses in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness by defeating Majestic Prince in the Belmont.
Arts and Letters in a morning gallop prior to the Grey Lag Handicap
©Paul Schafer/N.Y.R.A.
At Saratoga Arts and Letters easily won the Jim Dandy and the Travers. He then took Belmont's Woodward Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. At the end of the season, Arts and Letters was named Horse of the Year, Champion 3-year-old, and Champion Handicap Male.
Arts and Letters final campaign was brief. He finished fourth in the Westchester Stakes and then won the Grey Lag Handicap a month later. Arts and Letters was injured at the start of the Californian and his racing career was over. Arts and Letters entered stud at Greentree Stud. His best known stakes winners were Winter's Tale, Lord Darnley, Tonzarun, and Codex. In October of 1998 Arts and Letters was euthanized due to the infirmities of his advanced age. Arts and Letters was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1994.
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