Point Given

The first Thoroughbred in history to win four consecutive million-dollar races.

Quick Facts

Earnings

$3.97 million

Record

13 starts, 9-3-0

Retired

2001

Point Given is a cross between an eating machine and a locomotive.

Point Given was the first Thoroughbred in history to win four consecutive million-dollar races.

Massive, powerful, consistent, determined, and sometimes hard to handle, Point Given showed early on that he had speed and stamina: two essential elements for a horse vying for the Triple Crown.

As a two-year-old, Point Given gave notice that he was a force to be reckoned with, winning the Hollywood Futurity and Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes.

He ended an already impressive two-year-old season with an electrifying second in the 2000 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Stakes. Even though he came up a nostril short, his stretch run gave viewers a hint of what the powerful chestnut would accomplish.

The Big Red Train began his three-year-old season as expected, with easy victories in Derby prep races, making him the horse to watch in the upcoming Triple Crown races.

Point Given entered the Churchill Downs starting gate as the 9-5 favorite. He tracked the leaders while chasing a blistering pace, but weakened in the Derby stretch, finishing a disappointing fifth.

His fifth-place finish in the 2001 Derby was the only off-the-board finish in his entire career.

The “real” Point Given showed up in the Preakness Stakes, where he took command early to win easily.

Five weeks later, his stretch run in the Belmont Stakes brought back memories of another stellar chestnut: Secretariat. Point Given trounced the competition in the Belmont Stakes, winning by more than 12 lengths.