Derby and Belmont Winner

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Needles, b.c., 1953
(Ponder-Noodle Soup, by Jack High)
DP 4-2-10-2-2, DI 1.22, CD 0.20

Ponder Pensive Hyperion (B/C) Gainsborough (C)
Selene
Penicuik II Buchan
Pennycomequick
Miss Rushin

Blenheim II (C/S)

Blandford (C)
Malva
Lady Erne Sir Gallahad III (C)
Erne
Noodle Soup Jack High John P. Grier Whisk Broom II
Wonder
Priscilla Star Shoot (I)
Yankee Sister
Supromene Supremus Ultimus (B)
Mandy Hamilton
Melpomene Son-in-Law (P)
Golden Harp

Lifetime: Raced three years; Record 21-11-3-3; $600,355
Career Highlights: At 2 (co-champion two-year-old colt), Hopeful Stakes, Sapling Stakes, Ntr Garden State 8.00f 1:37.1, Ntr Gulfstream Park 4.50f :52.2; At 3 (champion three-year-old colt), Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Florida Derby, Flamingo Stakes, Ntr Gulfstream Park 9.00f 1:48.3; At 4, Fort Lauderdale Handicap, Etr Gulfstream Park 8.50f 1:42.0
Inbreeding Thru 4 Generations: None
Sire Line: Hyperion; Family Number: 5