Tempted (horse)

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Tempted
SireHalf Crown
Grandsire Hyperion
DamEnchanted Eve
DamsireLovely Night
Sex Filly
Foaled1955
CountryUnited States
Colour Chestnut
Breeder Christiana Stables
Owner Mooring Stable
Trainer Henry S. Clark
Record45: 18-4-9
Earnings US$330,760
Major wins
Jeanne d 'Arc Stakes (1957)
Alabama Stakes (1958)
Maskette Handicap (1958, 1960)
Beldame Handicap (1959)
Diana Handicap (1959, 1960)
Ladies Handicap (1959)
Awards
American Champion Older Female Horse (1959)
Honours
Tempted Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

Tempted (foaled 1955 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

Trained by future U.S, Racing Hall of Fame inductee Henry Clark and usually ridden by Eldon Nelson, Tempted was a multiple stakes winner of important races for fillies. In 1959 she was voted American Champion Older Female Horse honors.

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