Hero's Honor


Hero's Honor is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1984 United Nations Handicap.

Career

Hero's Honor's first race was on April 30, 1983, at the Aqueduct, where he came in fifth. He picked up his first win in a Maiden Special Weight race at Belmont Park on May 21, 1983.
He went on a three-race win streak in September 1983, grabbing a trio of allowance races at Belmont Park.
On September 29, 1983, in his fourth race that month, he came in 3rd in the Grade-2 Rutger's Handicap.
He scored his biggest win up to that point by winning the May 7th, 1984, Grade-3 Fort Marcy Handicap.
He went on another three-race win streak starting on June 2, 1984. He captured the Grade-2 Red Smith Handicap at Belmont Park. Fifteen days later, he won again at Belmont, this time grabbing a victory at the Grade-1 1984 Bowling Green Handicap. He finished his win streak with a Grade 1 win in the July 14, 1984, United Nations Handicap, which was his third graded win in less than 6 weeks. This was his last victory.
Hero's Honor finished the 1984 season with a 2nd and a 3rd place in September 1984 at Belmont Park, then retired after an October 13, 1984, 7th-place finish at the Ballantine's Scotch Classic Handicap.

Stud career

Pedigree descendants include:
''c = colt, f = filly''