Telly's Pop

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Telly's Pop
SireBold Combatant
Grandsire Bold Ruler
DamCount Us Mary
DamsireCount of Honor
Sex Gelding
Foaled1973
Country United States
Colour Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder Melvin F. Stute & Ken Dodd
Owner Howard Koch & Telly Savalas
TrainerMelvin F. Stute
Record17: 6-1-2
Earnings US$353,995
Major wins
Haggin Stakes (1975)
Del Mar Futurity (1975)
Norfolk Stakes (1975)
California Juvenile Stakes (1975)
California Derby (1976)
Awards
California Champion Two-Year-Old Colt

Telly's Pop (foaled February 25, 1973 in California) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to ever win the California Triple Crown for two-year-olds. [1] [2] He was purchased for $6000 by the racing partnership of Hollywood film director and producer Howard Koch and actor Telly Savalas who named the horse for his father. [3]

California State of the United States of America

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Thoroughbred Horse breed developed for racing

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Breeding

Bred by Ken Dodd and trainer Mel Stute, Telly's Pop was sired by Bold Combatant, a son of the outstanding Champion stallion and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bold Ruler. His dam was Count Us Mary whose grandsire was the 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion, Count Fleet. [4]

Horse trainer person training horses for racing, riding, show or work

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals’ physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed.

Melvin Frederick "Mel" Stute is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. On December 11, 2010, at Hollywood Park Racetrack, he won the 2000th race of a career that includes a win in the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes in 1986, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies that same year, and the 1987 Breeders' Cup Sprint.

The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.

Racing career

In his outstanding two-year-old season, in addition to a win in the Haggin Stakes Telly's Pop won the 1975 Del Mar Futurity at Del Mar Racetrack followed by the Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita Park, and then the California Juvenile Stakes at Bay Meadows Racetrack, all Grade II events that comprised the California Triple Crown for his age group.

The Haggin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Raced in mid-June, it was open to two-year-old horses and was contested on dirt over a distance of five and one half furlongs.

The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. A Grade I event since 2007, the race is open to horses, age two, willing to race seven furlongs on dirt and currently offers a purse of $300,000.

Santa Anita Park thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States

Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap as well as hosting the Breeders' Cup in 1986, 1993, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. In 2011, The Stronach Group became the owner.

Telly's Pop made his three-year-old debut with a win in the March 13, 1976 Grade II California Derby at Golden Gate Fields. [5] The win made him the favorite for the March 28 Santa Anita Derby, California's most important race for three-year-olds. [6] However, Telly's Pop finished fifth in the Santa Anita Derby and then sixth in the Hollywood Derby. Suffering from soreness in a foreleg and in his back, he did not race again that year. He returned to the track on April 16, 1977 but never regained his racing form and was retired after running sixth in a Santa Anita Park allowance race on October 14, 1977. [7]

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA). A specific grade level is then assigned to the race, based on statistical analysis of the quality of the field in previous years, provided the race meets the minimum purse criteria for the grade in question. In Canada, a similar grading system is maintained by the Jockey Club of Canada. Graded stakes races are similar to Group races in Europe but the grading is more dynamic in North America.

The California Derby is a race for Thoroughbred horses held early in the year at Golden Gate Fields. An ungraded stakes, it is open to three-year-olds at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on a Tapeta surface. The Derby offers a purse of $100,000.

Golden Gate Fields

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References

  1. ↑ St. Petersburg Times - November 29, 1975
  2. ↑ Baltimore Sun - November 30, 1975
  3. ↑ The Press-Courier (Oxnard, California) - March 27, 1976
  4. ↑ Telly's Pop's pedigree
  5. ↑ The Press-Courier (Oxnard, California) - March 27, 1976
  6. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner - March 28, 1976
  7. ↑ Observer-Reporter (Washington, Pennsylvania) - April 22, 1976
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