Oedipus - The Brook Steeplechase Handicap 1950
Oedipus - The Hyman-Aqueduct August 30,1949
Oedipus - The Shillelah  August 7, 1952
Brown Gelding
Foaled: 1946
Location: United States
Sire: Blue Lakespur
Dam: Be Like Mom
Breeder: Colonel E. R. Bradley
Owner: Lillian Bostwick Phipps
Trainer: George H. Bostwick
Career Length: 7 years (1948 - 1954)
Career Earnings: $ 132,405
Career Results: 14(12) wins in 58 starts

Win Highlights

  • ​1950 & 1951 Brook National Steeplechase
  • 1951 Grand National Steeplechase
  • 1951 & 1952 Broad Hollow Steeplechase
  • 1955 &1957 Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase
Oedipus

1950, 1951 & 1952 American Champion Steeplechase Horse
Elected to the National Racing Hall of Fame in 1978
Elected to the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame on January 23, 1977
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