Riley (horse)
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Riley was a bay colt sired by Longfellow
out of Geneva and was the winner of the 1890 Kentucky Derby
, finishing the race at the slowest time recorded to that point, at 2 minutes 45 seconds, due to a very muddy track. Riley was originally named Shortfellow and had a relatively long and successful career winning the Railway Stakes, Trial Stakes, Merchants' Stakes, Clark Stakes, Speculation Handicap, Fairwiew Lightweight Handicap, Pelham Bay Handicap, Monmouth Cup, Shrewsbury Handicap, Coney Island Cup, Bay Ridge Handicap, Free Handicap, Brooklyn Cup, and Montgomery Stakes[2]. Over his career he had 64 starts with 30 wins, 17 places and 4 shows.
Riley died on July 1, 1910 at the age of 23 while being cared for by a racehorse rescue association.
Riley's only offspring of note was his daughter, Hurley Burley
, who was the dam of Burgomaster, a successful sire.
Longfellow (horse)
Longfellow was one of America's first great Thoroughbred racehorses and the sire of great racehorses. A legend in his own time, he was out of the first crop of the outstanding imported English stallion Leamington....
out of Geneva and was the winner of the 1890 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
, finishing the race at the slowest time recorded to that point, at 2 minutes 45 seconds, due to a very muddy track. Riley was originally named Shortfellow and had a relatively long and successful career winning the Railway Stakes, Trial Stakes, Merchants' Stakes, Clark Stakes, Speculation Handicap, Fairwiew Lightweight Handicap, Pelham Bay Handicap, Monmouth Cup, Shrewsbury Handicap, Coney Island Cup, Bay Ridge Handicap, Free Handicap, Brooklyn Cup, and Montgomery Stakes[2]. Over his career he had 64 starts with 30 wins, 17 places and 4 shows.
Riley died on July 1, 1910 at the age of 23 while being cared for by a racehorse rescue association.
Riley's only offspring of note was his daughter, Hurley Burley
Hurley Burley
Hurley Burley , was an American Thoroughbred race horse. Her breeder and owner was Ed Corrigan who raced out of the old Washington Park Race Track in Chicago, Illinois. In Corrigan’s time, he was the most powerful man in mid-Western racing...
, who was the dam of Burgomaster, a successful sire.