Happy 100th Birthday to the mighty MAN O' WAR!!
Born March 29, 1917

Man o' War "Big Red" a chestnut with a white star and stripe on his forehead. He was foaled at Nursery Stud near Lexington, Kentucky and was bred by August Belmont, Jr.

Sold to Samuel D. Riddle for $5,000 as a yearling, Man O’ War won 20 of 21 races in his life time. His only defeat came in the Stanford Memorial Stakes to the appropriately named Upset

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