I’ve posted some pictures of Seabiscuit with Kayak II so in case you haven’t read Seabiscuit and have no idea who the heck Kayak is, here is some information about him courtesy of Wikipedia:
Kayak II (1935–19??) was an Argentine-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in the United States. He was sired by a famous Argentine Thoroughbred named Congreve out of the dam Mosquita. After being seen by American Lindsay Howard during a polo trip to Argentina, Kayak was purchased for $7,000 along with another horse named Ligaroti. The two horses were shipped back toCalifornia where Howard’s father, businessman Charles S. Howard, owned a successful racing stable that included 1938 U.S. Horse of the Year Seabiscuit. Lin Howard and his partner in Binglin Stable, the singerBing Crosby, raced Ligaroti while Charles Howard would race Kayak. His original name was Kajak;Charles S. Howard however, renamed him Kayak II.
To avoid a conflict of names, the horse had to be registered in the U.S. as Kayak II. Trained by Horatio Luro, he won 14 races and finished in the money in 23 of his 26 starts in the U.S. Substituting for injured stablemate Seabiscuit, Kayak II won the 1939 Santa Anita Handicap then finished second to Seabiscuit in the 1940 edition. In his other major 1939 race, Kayak II lost to Challedon in the 1939 Pimlico Special atPimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
Kayak II was named the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse in 1939 in the earlier equivalent to today’s Eclipse Awards.
(Source: Wikipedia)
