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Cañonero II
Cañonero II
Sire	Pretendre
Grandsire	Doutelle
Dam	Dixieland II
Damsire	Nantallah
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 24, 1968
Died	November 11, 1981 (aged 13)
Country	Venezuela
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Edward B. Benjamin
Owner	Pedro Batista; King Ranch (late 1971)
Trainer	Juan Arias; Buddy Hirsch (1972)
Record	23: 9-3-4
Earnings	$360,804
Major wins
	Stymie Handicap (1972) Triple Crown Race wins:; Kentucky Derby (1971) ; Preakness Stakes (1971)
Awards
	U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1971)
	Last updated on September 27, 2006

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Cañonero II (April 24, 1968 – November 11, 1981) was a Venezuelan champion Thoroughbred race horse that may be best remembered for winning the first two legs of the 1971 U.S. Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.

Background

Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Greensboro, North Carolina, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, so was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for $1,200 at the Keeneland Sales to Venezuelan breeders Ramon Echegaray and Luis Navas. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his owner's native Venezuela, where he earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old in La Rinconada Hippodrome.

Triple Crown races

Because of his breeding, Cañonero II qualified for the Kentucky Derby, the most prestigious event in United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Trained by Juan Arias and ridden by jockey Gustavo Avila, in the spring of 1971, the horse was shipped to Louisville, Kentucky, for the big race. There, Cañonero II was dismissed as a horse that did not belong in such elite company and was listed at the bottom of the pack of the betting odds as part of a six-horse pool.

In the Derby's 20-horse field, Cañonero II shocked everyone by coming from 18th place to storm past the competition, easily winning the race by 33⁄4 lengths. Arguably the most astonishing upset in the race's history was deemed a fluke by many of horse racing's experts, who predicted Cañonero II would never win another race. However, in the Preakness Stakes, the second of the Triple Crown races, Cañonero II won again.

The third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes held near New York City, was run before the largest crowd in its history. The stands were filled with members of the city's large Latino community, there to cheer on their new hero. However, due to a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, Cañonero II, after taking the race lead, struggled across the finish line in fourth place. Despite this loss, he was named the winner of the 1971 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

Later career

Sold to the King Ranch, Cañonero II was nursed back to health by Hall of Fame trainer Buddy Hirsch. The following year in the Stymie Handicap at Belmont Park, he set a track record while defeating the great three-year-old champion Riva Ridge.

Retired to stud at the end of 1972, Cañonero II died in 1981.

Pedigree of Cañonero II
Sire Pretendre	Doutelle	Prince Chevalier	Prince Rose
		Prince Chevalier	Chevalerie
		Above Board	Straight Deal
		Above Board	Feola
	Limicola	Verso	Pinceau
		Verso	Variete
		Uccello	Donatello II
		Uccello	Great Tit
Dam Dixieland II	Nantallah	Nasrullah	Nearco
		Nasrullah	Mumtaz Begum
		Shimmer	Flares
		Shimmer	Broad Ripple
	Ragtime Band	Johnstown	Jamestown
		Johnstown	La France
		Martial Air	Man o' War
		Martial Air	Baton

References

Haskin, Steve (March 26, 2011). "Viva Canonero!". The Blood-Horse.
Profile of Canonero II (Spanish language)
Canonero's pedigree
Statistics for Canonero II's Kentucky Derby
"The Year of Canonero". Time. June 14, 1971.
Canonero II's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves

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+{{short description|Thoroughbred race horse, winner of the 1971 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes}}
-{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
+{{no footnotes|date=October 2017}}
-| horsename = Canonero II
+{{Infobox racehorse
+| horsename = Cañonero II
 | image =
 | caption =
-| sire = Pretendre
+| sire = [[Pretendre]]
+| grandsire = Doutelle
 | dam = Dixieland II
 | damsire = Nantallah
-| sex = Stallion
+| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
-| foaled = 1968
+| foaled = {{birth date|1968|4|24}}
+| death_date = {{dda|1981|11|11|1968|4|24}}
-| country = USA
-| colour = [[Chestnut (color)|Chestnut]]
+| country = [[Venezuela]]
-| breeder = [[Edward B. Benjamin]]
+| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
+| breeder = Edward B. Benjamin
-| owner = Edgar Caibett
-| trainer = [[Juan Arias]]<br>[[William J. Hirsch|Buddy Hirsch]]
+| owner = Pedro Batista<br/>[[King Ranch]] (late 1971)
+| trainer = [[Juan Arias (horse trainer)|Juan Arias]]<br/>[[William J. Hirsch|Buddy Hirsch]] (1972)
 | record = 23: 9-3-4
 | earnings = $360,804
-| race = [[Kentucky Derby]] (1971)<br>[[Preakness Stakes]] (1971)<br>[[Stymie Handicap]] (1972)
+| race = [[Stymie Stakes|Stymie Handicap]] (1972)<p>
+'''[[American Classic Races|Triple Crown Race]] wins:'''<br/>'''[[Kentucky Derby]]''' ([[1971 Kentucky Derby|1971]]) <br/>'''[[Preakness Stakes]]''' ([[1971 Preakness Stakes|1971]])</p>
-| awards=[[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (2004)
+| awards=[[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1971)
 | honours =
 | updated=  September 27, 2006
 }}
+'''Cañonero II''' (April 24, 1968 – November 11, 1981) was a [[Venezuela]]n champion [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|race horse]] that may be best remembered for winning the first two legs of the 1971 [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States Triple Crowns|U.S. Triple Crown]], the [[Kentucky Derby]] and the [[Preakness Stakes]].
-'''Canonero II''', ([[1968]]-[[1981]]), was a champion [[thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|race horse]].
+==Background==
-Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in [[Kentucky]], the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for a mere $1,200 at the [[Keeneland, Kentucky|Keeneland]] auction. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his native [[Venezuela]] where it earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old.
+Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, so was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for $1,200 at the [[Keeneland Sales]] to  Venezuelan breeders Ramon Echegaray and Luis Navas. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his owner's native [[Venezuela]], where he earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old in [[La Rinconada Hippodrome]].
-Because of his breeding, Canonero II qualified for the [[Kentucky Derby]], the most prestigious event in United States thoroughbred horse racing. Trained by [[Juan Arias]] and ridden by [[jockey]], [[Gustavo Avila]], in the spring of [[1971]], the owner shipped them and the horse to [[Louisville, Kentucky]] for the big race. There, Canonero II was dismissed as a horse that did not belong in such elite company and was listed at the bottom of the pack of the betting odds as part of a six-horse pool.
+==Triple Crown races==
-In the Derby's 20-horse field, Canonero II shocked everyone by coming from 18th place to storm past the competition, easily winning the race by 3 3/4 lengths. The most astonishing upset in the great race's history was deemed nothing more than a fluke by many of horse racing's experts who predicted that Canonero II would never win another race. However, in the [[Preakness Stakes]], the second of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]] races, Canonero II put an end to any doubts about his greatness by winning the race and setting a new track-record time in the process.
+Because of his breeding, Cañonero II qualified for the [[Kentucky Derby]], the most prestigious event in United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Trained by Juan Arias and ridden by [[jockey]] [[Gustavo Avila]], in the spring of 1971, the horse was shipped to [[Louisville, Kentucky]], for the big race. There, Cañonero II was dismissed as a horse that did not belong in such elite company and was listed at the bottom of the pack of the betting odds as part of a six-horse pool.
-The third leg of the Triple Crown, the [[Belmont Stakes]] held near [[New York City]], was run before the largest crowd in its history. The stands were filled with members of the city's large [[Latino]] community, there to cheer on their new hero. However, a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, saw Canonero II take the race lead only to struggle across the finishing line in 4th place. Despite this loss, he was named the winner of the 1971 [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse]].
+In the Derby's 20-horse field, Cañonero II shocked everyone by coming from 18th place to storm past the competition, easily winning the race by 3{{fraction|3|4}} lengths. Arguably the most astonishing upset in the race's history was deemed a fluke by many of horse racing's experts, who predicted Cañonero II would never win another race. However, in the [[Preakness Stakes]], the second of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]] races, Cañonero II won again.
-Sold to King Ranch, [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] trainer [[William J. Hirsch|Buddy Hirsch]] nursed Canonero II back to health. The following year in the [[Stymie Handicap]] at Belmont Park, the horse put on the best performance of his career by setting a track record while defeating the great three-year-old champion, [[Riva Ridge]].
+The third leg of the Triple Crown, the [[Belmont Stakes]] held near [[New York City]], was run before the largest crowd in its history. The stands were filled with members of the city's large [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] community, there to cheer on their new hero. However, due to a foot infection that had bothered the horse for several days, Cañonero II, after taking the race lead, struggled across the finish line in fourth place. Despite this loss, he was named the winner of the 1971 [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse]].
-Retired to stud at the end of 1972, Canonero II died in 1981.
-==Referencecs==
+==Later career==
+Sold to the [[King Ranch]], Cañonero II was nursed back to health by [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] trainer [[William J. Hirsch|Buddy Hirsch]]. The following year in the [[Stymie Handicap]] at Belmont Park, he set a track record while defeating the great three-year-old champion [[Riva Ridge]].
-*[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1971.html Canonero II's Kentucky Derby]
-*[http://www.pedigreequery.com/canonero2 Canonero's pedigree]
+Retired to stud at the end of 1972, Cañonero II died in 1981.
+{{Pedigree
-[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
+|name = Cañonero II
-[[Category:American racehorses]]
+|f = [[Pretendre]]
-[[Category:Famous horses]]
+|m = Dixieland II
+|ff = Doutelle
+|fm = Limicola
+|mf = Nantallah
+|mm = Ragtime Band
+|fff = [[Prince Chevalier]]
+|ffm = Above Board
+|fmf = Verso
+|fmm = Uccello
+|mff = [[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]
+|mfm = Shimmer
+|mmf = [[Johnstown (horse)|Johnstown]]
+|mmm = Martial Air
+|ffff = [[Prince Rose]]
+|fffm = Chevalerie
+|ffmf = [[Straight Deal]]
+|ffmm = Feola
+|fmff = Pinceau
+|fmfm = Variete
+|fmmf = [[Donatello II]]
+|fmmm = Great Tit
+|mfff = [[Nearco]]
+|mffm = Mumtaz Begum
+|mfmf = Flares
+|mfmm = Broad Ripple
+|mmff = [[Jamestown (horse)|Jamestown]]
+|mmfm = La France
+|mmmf = [[Man o' War]]
+|mmmm = Baton
+|}}
+==References==
+* [[Steve Haskin|Haskin, Steve]] (March 26, 2011). [http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2011/03/26/viva-canonero.aspx "Viva Canonero!"]. ''[[The Blood-Horse]]''.
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005151410/http://www.anecdotashipicas.net/Importados/CanoneroII.php Profile of Canonero II] (Spanish language)
+* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/canonero2 Canonero's pedigree]
+*[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1971.html Statistics for Canonero II's Kentucky Derby]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224751/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909889-2,00.html "The Year of Canonero"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. June 14, 1971.
+* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=3267 Canonero II's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves]
+{{Kentucky Derby Winners}}
+{{Preakness Stakes Winners}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Canonero Ii}}
+[[Category:1968 racehorse births]]
+[[Category:1981 racehorse deaths]]
 [[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
+[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
+[[Category:Racehorses trained in Venezuela]]
 [[Category:Kentucky Derby winners]]
 [[Category:Preakness Stakes winners]]
 [[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
 [[Category:Sport in Venezuela]]
+[[Category:Thoroughbred family 4-n]]