Capot
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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
| horsename = Capot
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Menow]]
| grandsire = [[Pharamond (horse sired by Phalaris)|Pharamond]]
| dam = Piquet
| damsire = St. Germans
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1946
| country = [[United States]] {{flagicon|USA}}
| colour = [[Brown (color)|Brown]]
| breeder = [[Greentree Stable]]
| owner = [[Greentree Stable]]
| trainer = [[John M. Gaver, Sr.]]
| record = 28: 12-4-7
| earnings = $345,260
| race = [[Champagne Stakes (USA)|Champagne Stakes]] (1948)<br>[[Pimlico Futurity]] (1948)<br>[[Laurel Futurity]] (1948)<br>[[Preakness Stakes]] (1949)<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1949)<br>[[Pimlico Special]] (1949)<br>[[Jerome Handicap]] (1949)
|awards= [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1949)<br>[[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|Co-United States Horse of the Year]] (1949)
|honours = [[Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum|Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame]] (1977)
|updated= November 26, 2006
}}
'''Capot''' (born 1946) was an [[United States|American]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]] [[Father|sired]] by Menow out of the mare Piquet. Owned and bred by [[Greentree Stable]], Capot was trained by [[John M. Gaver, Sr.]].
Racing as a two-year-old, Capot won the [[Champagne Stakes (USA)|Champagne Stakes]]. At age three, ridden by [[Ted Atkinson]], in the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|American Triple Crown]] races Capot finished second in the 1949 [[Kentucky Derby]] then won both the [[Preakness Stakes|Preakness]] and [[Belmont Stakes]]. He won other [[graded stakes race]]s that year including the [[Pimlico Special]]. His performance earned him 1949's [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse|Three-Year-Old Male Champion]] honors and shared the 1949 [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]] title with [[Coaltown]].
==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/capot Capot's pedigree and racing stats]
[[Category:1946 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1974 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
[[Category:American racehorses]]
[[Category:Preakness Stakes winners]]
[[Category:Belmont Stakes winners]]
[[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
[[Category:American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year]]
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