Capot
Sire	Menow
Grandsire	Pharamond
Dam	Piquet
Damsire	St. Germans
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1946
Country	United States
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Greentree Stable
Owner	Greentree Stable
Trainer	John M. Gaver, Sr.
Record	28: 12-4-7
Earnings	$345,260
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Champagne Stakes (1948) Pimlico Futurity (1948) Laurel Futurity (1948) Preakness Stakes (1949) Belmont Stakes (1949) Pimlico Special (1949) Jerome Handicap (1949)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1949) Co-United States Horse of the Year (1949)
Honours
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977)
Infobox last updated on: November 26, 2006.

Capot (born 1946) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse 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. At age three, ridden by Ted Atkinson, in the American Triple Crown races Capot finished second in the 1949 Kentucky Derby then won both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. He won other graded stakes races that year including the Pimlico Special. His performance earned him 1949's Three-Year-Old Male Champion honors and shared the 1949 Horse of the Year title with Coaltown.

References

• Capot's pedigree and racing stats

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Capot". Image Credit.

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