Greentree Stables Racing colors: Pink, black stripes on sleeves, black cap.
Trainer
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Record
30: 21-7-1
Earnings
$570,165
Major wins
Sanford Stakes (1951) Belmont Futurity Stakes (1951) Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1951) East View Stakes (1951) Jerome Handicap (1952) Grey Lag Handicap (1952) Empire City Handicap (1952) Sysonby Handicap (1952, 1953) Wilson Stakes (1952, 1953) Metropolitan Handicap (1953) Suburban Handicap (1953) Brooklyn Handicap (1953) Whitney Handicap (1953) Carter Handicap (1953) Pimlico Special (1953)
Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1951) 2nd New York Handicap Triple (1953) U.S. Champion Older Horse (1953) U.S. Champion Sprint Horse (1953) United States Horse of the Year (1953) Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1965)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee (1960) Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977) #11 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Tom Fool Handicap at Belmont Park
Last updated on 25 November 2023
Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the champion racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam.
TomFool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted...
the Penningtons and is reputed to be the original 'TomFool' and the inspiration for Shakespeare's fool in King Lear. His portrait hangs in the castle. Skelton...
performed in Franz Xaver Kroetz's play TomFool at the Citizens Theatre. After receiving positive reviews, the TomFool production transferred to London, where...
David Gardner and Tom Gardner, and Todd Etter and Erik Rydholm. The company employs over 300 people worldwide. The name “Motley Fool” is taken from Shakespeare's...
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Some later works of social realism like Through the Leaves (1976) and TomFool (1978) are also highly regarded. Kroetz's plays have been translated and...
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of Bold Ruler, as well as a sixth- and seventh-generation descendant of TomFool, one of the top thoroughbreds of the last century. His tail-female line...
"Dancer, TomFool Race Goal of Pimlico Track". The New York Times. 4 August 1953. Retrieved 22 July 2019. Roach, James (8 August 1953). "TomFool-Native...
Belmont Park; The triple has been won by four horses: Whisk Broom II – 1913 TomFool – 1953 Kelso – 1961 Fit to Fight – 1984 In 2019, the New York Racing Association...
Stakes in 1967 before becoming a successful breeding stallion. His dam, Fool-Me-Not, was descended from the British broodmare Becti (foaled 1929), who...
A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during royal court. Jesters...
following sons: The Pharamond (1925) branch (4 winners all through the TomFool (1949) line, most recently Silver Charm in 1997). The Sickle (1924) branch...
bruised hoof. His first 2004 start came on July 4 at Belmont Park in the TomFool Handicap. This time, he stayed close behind the early leaders and then...
Rainbow as Mickey Deans; in 2015, he returned to Broadway in a revival of Fool for Love, playing Martin. In 2022, Pelphrey began dating actress Kaley Cuoco...
horse. Immaculately bred, Tompion was the son of the Hall of Fame horse TomFool. His damsire was Count Fleet, the 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion. During...
hitch – used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object Tomfool's knot – good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank Transom...
David Watson 2007 Trance by Shoji Kokami 2007 Elling by Simon Bent 2007 TomFool by Franz Xaver Kroetz 2007 I Like Mine With a Kiss by Georgia Fitch 2007...
Fleet, Man o' War, Nasrullah, Native Dancer, Northern Dancer, Round Table, TomFool, War Admiral, and the greatest "blue hen" broodmare of the twentieth century...
Retrieved 2012-02-27. "TomFool collects one more Horse of the Year". Spokesman-Review. 1953-12-04. Retrieved 2012-02-27. "TomFool Catches Foe Native Dancer...
the 1953 Horse of the Year TomFool. Both horses were also voted into the Hall of Fame: Devil Diver in 1980 and TomFool in 1960. Helen Whitney's steeplechasers...
Tom Durie, Duri, Dury or Derry (fl. 1600–1620) was a Scottish fool or entertainer to Anne of Denmark. Tom Durie appears on record at the Scottish court...
resident director at The Glasgow Citizens Theatre where her production of TomFool by Franz Xaver Kroetz was nominated for four CATS Awards, for Best director...