| Color: b Height: 15.3
(FR)
Bred by Marcel Boussac, France Owned by Willis Sharpe Kilmer He was originally named Sunday by his breeder He was renamed then imported to USA in 1916 22-8-4-5, $74,355. Won: Great American Stakes, Albany Handicap, Saratoga Special, Grand Union Hotel Stakes, Hopeful Stakes, Travers Stakes, Delaware Handicap 3rd: Mount Vernon H., Laurel H. 4th: Merchants' and Citizens' H. Sun Briar is famous for being the first horse to defeat all three winners of the Triple Crown races, besting Derby winner Exterminator, Preakness winner War Cloud, and Belmont victor Johren in the Travers Stakes. 1917 Champion Two Year Old Colt 1919 Co-Champion Older Horse (w/Cudgel) Stood at Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Court Manor Stud in Virginia A success at stud, he sired SUN BEAU and champion 2-year-old Pompey Buried at Whispering Pines Pet Cemetery Binghamton NY next to his stablemate, Exterminator, and daughter Suntica.
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