Blue Larkspur
| Blue Larkspur | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Black Servant |
| Grandsire | Black Toney |
| Dam | Blossom Time |
| Damsire | North Star III |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1926 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Col. Edward Riley Bradley |
| Owner | Col. Edward Riley Bradley |
| Trainer | Herbert J. Thompson |
| Record | 16:10–3–1 |
| Earnings | $272,070 |
| Major wins | |
| Juvenile Stakes (1928) National Stallion Stakes (1928) Saratoga Special Stakes (1928) Withers Stakes (1929) Arlington Classic (1929) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1930) Arlington Cup (1930)
American Classics wins: | |
| Awards | |
| United States Horse of the Year (1929) U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1930) | |
| Honors | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957) #100 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century | |
| Last updated on September 19, 2006 | |
Blue Larkspur (1926–1947) was a bay Kentucky-bred thoroughbred race horse. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957, and ranks Number 100 in The Blood-Horse's top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century. Of the 127 stakes winners bred by Colonel Edward Riley Bradley at his Idle Hour Stock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky – which includes Bimelech out of La Troienne – Blue Larkspur was considered the Colonel's finest horse.