Granville (horse)

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Granville
Sire Gallant Fox
Grandsire Sir Gallahad III
Dam Gravita
Damsire Sarmatian
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1933
Country United States Flag of the United States
Colour Bay
Breeder Belair Stud
Owner William Woodward, Sr.
Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Record 18: 8-4-3
Earnings $111,820
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Arlington Classic (1936)
Saratogo Cup (1936)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1936)
Travers Stakes (1936)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1936)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1936)
Horse of the Year (1936)
Honours
United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1997)
Infobox last updated on: April 14, 2007.

Granville (1933-not found) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by prominent horseman William Woodward, Sr. at his Belair Stud in Bowie, Maryland, Granville was sired by U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox and out of the mare Gravita.

Racing at age two under future Hall of Fame trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Granville was unimpressive. He won only one of seven starts with his most noteworthy finish in a major race coming in the Champagne Stakes in which he finished third. The following year, in the run-up to the 1936 Kentucky Derby, Granville finished a strong second to Teufel in the Wood Memorial Stakes. In the Derby, won by Bold Venture, shortly after the start Granville threw jockey James Stout and as such finished last in the fourteen-horse field. However, he then embarked on what would be a brilliant three-year-old campaign with a second place finish by a nose to Bold Venture in the Preakness Stakes then won the Belmont Stakes. Granville went on to win the 1936 Arlington Classic at 1¼ miles plus much longer races such as the 1⅝ mile Lawrence Realization Stakes and he defeated the great Discovery by eight lengths in the 1¾ mile Saratoga Cup.

Retired from racing after an ankle injury, Granville finished the year with seven wins and three seconds in his eleven starts and was voted U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt and the most prestigious honor in American Thoroughbred racing, Horse of the Year. Sent to horse breeding duty at his owners stud farm, Granville was less than successful as a sire with his last issue foaled in 1949.

In 1997, Granville was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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