Most people familiar with North American racing know that Gallant Fox was the only American Triple Crown winner to sire an American Triple Crown winner, getting 1935 champion Omaha. However, the South American stallion who is the subject of this week's question accomplished an even more remarkable feat. Himself the winner of the Argentine Quadruple Crown (the three races of the Argentine Triple Crown plus the Gran Premio Internacional/Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina's top all-aged race), he sired a similar winner who was considered an even better racer than himself. Who was he, and who was his champion son?
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RC
11/23/2019 11:03:48 am
Forli and Forego?
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Frost
11/23/2019 11:12:24 pm
Old Man and Botafogo?
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Avalyn Hunter
11/29/2019 09:49:52 pm
Frost, you have done it again!
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