Horsename: | Rough'n Tumble |
Sire: | Free For All |
Grandsire: | Questionnaire |
Dam: | Roused |
Damsire: | Bull Dog |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1948 |
Country: | United States |
Colour: | Bay |
Trainer: | Melvin Calvert |
Record: | 16: 4-5-4 |
Earnings: | US$126,980 |
Race: | Primer Stakes (1950) Santa Anita Derby (1951) |
Rough'n Tumble (foaled in 1948) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Santa Anita Derby and became what Bloodhorse called "one of the most successful stallions in Florida breeding history."[1]
Rough'n Tumble was purchased privately for less than $5000 by Frances Genter, who entrusted his race conditioning to trainer Melvin Calvert.[2]
As a two-year-old, Rough'n Tumble won the Primer Stakes at Arlington Park[3] and at three, he captured the most important race for his age group in California: the Santa Anita Derby[4]
Among Rough'n Tumble's best progeny were Dr. Fager (b. 1964), a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame millionaire; My Dear Girl (b. 1957), the 1959 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly; plus multiple stakes winners Conestoga, Flag Raiser, Ruffled Feathers, and Yes You Will.[5]