Hero's Honor

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Hero's Honor
Sire Northern Dancer
Grandsire Nearctic
DamGlowing Tribute
Damsire Graustark
FoaledApril 28th, 1980
CountryUnited States
Breeder Paul Mellon
Owner Rokeby Stable
Trainer MacKenzie Miller
Record18:8-2-3
Earnings$499,025
Major wins
Fort Marcy Handicap (1984)
Red Smith Handicap (1984)
United Nations Handicap (1984)
Bowling Green Handicap (1984)

Hero's Honor (foaled April 28, 1980) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1984 United Nations Handicap. [1]

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Career

Hero's Honor's first race was on April 30, 1983, at the Aqueduct, where he came in fifth. He picked up his first win in a Maiden Special Weight race at Belmont Park on May 21, 1983. [1]

He went on a three-race win streak in September 1983, grabbing a trio of allowance races at Belmont Park. [1]

On September 29, 1983, in his fourth race that month, he came in 3rd in the Grade-2 Rutger's Handicap. [2]

He scored his biggest win up to that point by winning the May 7th, 1984, Grade-3 Fort Marcy Handicap. [1]

He went on another three-race win streak starting on June 2, 1984. He captured the Grade-2 Red Smith Handicap at Belmont Park. Fiften days later, he won again at Belmont, this time grabbing a victory at the Grade-1 1984 Bowling Green Handicap. [3] He finished his win streak with a Grade 1 win in the July 14, 1984, United Nations Handicap, which was his third graded win in less than 6 weeks. This was his last victory. [1]

Hero's Honor finished the 1984 season with a 2nd and a 3rd place in September 1984 at Belmont Park, then retired after an October 13, 1984, 7th-place finish at the Ballantine's Scotch Classic Handicap. [1]

Stud career

Pedigree descendants include:

c = colt, f = filly

FoaledNameSexMajor Wins
1988Hero's Lovec San Gorgonio Handicap
1995Khumba Melac Noble Damsel Handicap
1995Genericc Prix Kergorlay
1996Super Quercusc Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hero's Honor (USA), 1980 [4] [5]
Sire
Northern Dancer (USA)
b. 1961
Nearctic (CAN)
b. 1954
Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Lady Angela Hyperion
Sister Sarah
Natalma (USA)
b. 1957
Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Almahmoud Mahmoud
Arbitrator
Dam
Glowing Tribute (USA)
b. 1973
Graustark (USA)
b. 1983
Ribot Tenerani
Romanella
Flower Bowl Alibhai
Flower Bed
Admiring (USA)
b. 1962
Hail To Reason Turn-To
Nothirdchance
Searching War Admiral
Big Hurry

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References

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  2. "Hero's Honor (USA)" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. "Bowling Green" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "Hero's Honor" . Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Hero's Honor" . Retrieved 27 July 2020.