Omaha (March 24, 1932 – April 24, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the third winner of the American Triple Crown. In a racing career which lasted from 1934 to 1936, Omaha won 9 of his 22 races. He had his greatest success as a three-year-old in 1935 when he swept the Triple Crown.

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Omaha, (foaled 1932), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1935 became the third winner of the American Triple Crown—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. He was sired by Gallant Fox (winner of the Triple Crown in 1930) and was the only Triple Crown winner sired by a Triple Crown winner.

Omaha was a huge, rangy, long-striding chestnut horse. His height has been variously given at 16.2½ to 17 hands. He was nearly too big to fit in a standard starting gate and was usually housed in two stalls with the partition between them removed.

Omaha won the 1935 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing. Learn more about this champion racehorse.

For winning the Triple Crown, Omaha was deemed the unofficial U.S. Champion three-year-old Male Horse of 1935, while Discovery was crowned as the most outstanding horse of the year. Following his triumphant three-year-old campaign, Omaha was sent to England in 1936, with the primary objective of becoming the first U.S. racehorse to win the ...

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Thoroughbred pedigree for Omaha, progeny, and female family reports from the Thoroughbred Horse Pedigree Query.

Omaha finished the year with a record of 6-1-2 from nine starts and earnings of $142,255. He was regarded as the top 3-year-old male, while Discovery was named Horse of the Year. At age 4, Omaha was trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and campaigned in England.