Capot 3531091 223248649 2008-07-03T06:41:41Z 69.138.227.202 {{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]] {{racehorse-stub}}