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Cox's Ridge

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Cox's Ridge
SireBest Turn
GrandsireTurn-To
DamOur Martha
DamsireBallydonnell
SexStallion
Foaled1974
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederSamuel D. Hinkel
OwnerLoblolly Stable
TrainerJoseph B. Cantey
Record28: 16-4-4
EarningsUS$667,172
Major wins
Governor's Cup Handicap (1977)
Minuteman Handicap (1977)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1977)
Discovery Handicap (1977)
Queens County Handicap (1977)
Razorback Handicap (1978)
Excelsior Handicap (1978)
Oaklawn Handicap (1978)
Metropolitan Handicap (1978)
Tom Fool Handicap (1979)

Cox's Ridge (1974–1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He bypassed the U.S. Triple Crown series and had considerable success in 1977 and 1978 with his most important win coming in the Metropolitan Handicap. In 1979, the five-year-old Cox's Ridge won the Tom Fool Handicap, ran second in the Whitney Handicap, and finished first in the Philip H. Iselin Stakes but was disqualified for interference and placed second.

Retired to stud, Cox's Ridge was a very successful sire whose offspring includes millionaires:

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