Eastern Fleet (horse)
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| Eastern Fleet | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fleet Nasrullah |
| Grandsire | Nasrullah |
| Dam | Amoret |
| Damsire | Bull Lea |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1968 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Calumet Farm |
| Owner | Calumet Farm |
| Trainer | Reggie Cornell |
| Record | 48: 11-7-9 |
| Earnings | $283,594 |
| Major wins | |
| Florida Derby (1971) Firecracker Handicap (1971) American Classic Race placing: Preakness Stakes 2nd (1971) | |
| Last updated on July 12, 2013 | |
Eastern Fleet was an American Thoroughbred racehorse foaled on May 14, 1968. Bred by Calumet Farm and E. B. Benjamin, he was sired by Fleet Nasrullah and was a grandson of Nasrullah. He was out of a Bull Lea mare, Amoret.[1] Eastern Fleet is best remembered for winning the grade 1 Florida Derby and finishing second in the $200,000 grade 1 Preakness Stakes to Canonero II.
Trained by Reggie Cornell, at age two Eastern Fleet won three of his first five races, including his maiden and two allowance races. In December 1972, his connections ran him in his first stakes race at six furlongs on the dirt in the Sugar Bowl Handicap at Fair Grounds Race Course. He won that race going away by four lengths.
Three-year-old season
In the lead-up to the 1971 U.S. Triple Crown series, Eastern Fleet won the grade 1 Florida Derby at a mile and one eighth at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in mid-March. He then placed second in the mile and one eighth Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in early April.
In early June, Eastern Fleet finished third to Twist The Axe in the mile and one sixteenth Ohio Derby at Thistledown Racecourse in North Randall, Ohio, just outside Cleveland. In late July, he showed again to West Coast Scout in the Haskell Invitational Stakes at a mile and one sixteenth at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Long Branch, New Jersey.