Name Gallant Man

Born 1954

Sire Migoli

Born 1944

Dam Majideh

Born 1939

Sex M

Family 5

Colour B

Filter GW

Born In Great Britain

Stands In -

At Stud No

Notes Belmont S, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Travers S, Hollywood Gold Cup, Sunset H, Metropolitan H, Peter Pan H, Nassau County H, Hibiscus S;
2nd Kentucky Derby, 2nd Woodward S, 2nd Trenton H, 2nd Wood Memorial S, 3rd Carter H.

Nicknamed ''Mighty Man'' by his connections, Gallant Man was the horse famously denied a win in the Kentucky Derby when his jockey, a young Bill Shoemaker, stood up in the irons momentarily after mistaking the sixteenth pole for the wire. Oddly, owner Ralph Lowe dreamed several days before the race that Gallant Man lost because his jockey pulled him up prematurely. Voted 36th of the top 100 racehorses of the century by The Blood-Horse, he is widely considered one of the best horses never to win a championship.

Sire of 498 foals, 414 runners, 51 SW.

Died 1988.