| Faireno | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Chatterton |
| Grandsire | Fair Play |
| Dam | Minerva |
| Damsire | Ambassador |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1929 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Belair Stud |
| Owner | Belair Stud |
| Trainer | James E. Fitzsimmons & George Tappen |
| Record | 62: 17–13–6 |
| Earnings | US$182,215 |
| Major wins | |
| Junior Champion Stakes (1931) Nursery Handicap (1931) Victoria Stakes (1931) Belmont Stakes Dwyer Stakes (1932) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1932) Empire City Handicap (1934) Havre de Grace Handicap (1934) Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1934) | |
| Honors | |
| Faireno Handicap atAqueduct Racetrack Faireno Purse atHawthorne Race Course | |
Faireno (foaled 1929 inKentucky) was an AmericanChampionThoroughbredracehorse best known for winning theBelmont Stakes in 1932.
Faireno was bred and raced byWilliam Woodward'sBelair Stud. He was sired byChatterton, a son ofU.S. Racing Hall of Fame inducteeFair Play who was also the sire ofMan o' War.
Faireno's race conditioning was the responsibility of Belair Stud's futureU.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer"Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons and his assistant,George Tappen.
Raced at age two, among Faireno's wins were theVictoria Stakes atOld Woodbine Racetrack inToronto, Ontario,Canada, theNursery Handicap atBelmont Park, and theJunior Champion Stakes atAqueduct Racetrack.
At age three in 1932, after a poor performance in theWood Memorial Stakes, Faireno did not run in theKentucky Derby. Although he was shipped toPimlico Race Course for thePreakness Stakes, he was withdrawn a few days before the race and sent back to his base in New York. In late May, Faireno ran second in the Campfire Purse at Belmont Park then on June 4 led virtually all the way to win the third leg of theU.S. Triple Crown series, theBelmont Stakes.[1] Faireno went on to win the Shevlin Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in June, theDwyer Stakes on July 2, was eighth in theArlington Classic, and then won the Hawthorne Handicap on August 6 before running second toPlucky Play in the August 27thHawthorne Gold Cup. On September 17, 1932 he came back with a decisive win in theLawrence Realization Stakes[2] but came out of the race with atendon injury that kept him out of racing for the remainder of the year and all of 1933. Despite his shortened 1932 campaign, Faireno still retrospectively sharedAmerican Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors withBurgoo King.
On April 22, 1934, Faireno returned in thePaumonok Handicap atJamaica Race Course. Racing for the first time in nearly a year and a half, he was in contention for most of the race but tired in the stretch and finished fourth.[3] However, he regained his old form and went on to win the 1934Empire City Handicap, defeatedDiscovery to win theHavre de Grace Handicap, won theMerchants and Citizens Handicap atSaratoga Race Course, and October's Rochambeau Handicap atNarragansett Park. Faireno raced at age six in 1935 but with limited success.
Faireno was retired tostud but proved to be sterile.