Carry Back (April 16, 1958 – March 24, 1983) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from January 1960 through November 1963, he ran sixty-one times and won twenty-one races. As a two-year-old, he ran twenty-one times, emerging as one of the best juveniles in America with a series of important victories late in the season including the Garden State Futurity. At three, he was the best of his generation in the United States, winning several major stakes races including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and being unanimously voted U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
Racing as a four-year-old, Carry Back had disappointing early form but returned to his best with wins in the Metropolitan Handicap, Monmouth Handicap and the Whitney Stakes to establish himself as one of the leaders of an exceptionally strong handicap division headed by Kelso. In October, he became one of the few American champions to race in Europe when he contested the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the same year, he became the fourth horse, after Citation, Nashua and Round Table, to earn $1M in prize money.
Once when I was a girl
I could've given you a ride for your money
Oh but how times have changed
Although you do look cute in those red cowboy boots
No you don't mess around
But you're just a kid
You don't know what it takes
No one can stop you now
Anymore than they can tell the wind not to blow
Who's going to run to you now?
With the riders in the dirt back on Aztalan turf
I can't tell you what to do
You're free as a bird
Go do what you've got to do
Don't you worry boy
Life will come and find you
You're going to blow their minds
Show them all a thing or two
Don't you worry boy
Life will come and find you
You're going to blow their minds
Show them all a thing or two
All the good in this life wish for yourself
All the good in this life wish for yourself
All the good in this life wish for yourself
Carry Back (April 16, 1958 – March 24, 1983) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from January 1960 through November 1963, he ran sixty-one times and won twenty-one races. As a two-year-old, he ran twenty-one times, emerging as one of the best juveniles in America with a series of important victories late in the season including the Garden State Futurity. At three, he was the best of his generation in the United States, winning several major stakes races including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and being unanimously voted U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
Racing as a four-year-old, Carry Back had disappointing early form but returned to his best with wins in the Metropolitan Handicap, Monmouth Handicap and the Whitney Stakes to establish himself as one of the leaders of an exceptionally strong handicap division headed by Kelso. In October, he became one of the few American champions to race in Europe when he contested the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the same year, he became the fourth horse, after Citation, Nashua and Round Table, to earn $1M in prize money.
CNN | 25 Aug 2018