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navigation, search Silky Sullivan Silky bday4.jpg Celebrating
Silky's birthday on St. Patrick's Day with Kjell Qvale Sire
Sullivan Dam Lady N Silk Damsire Ambrose Light Sex Stallion
Foaled 1955 Country USA Colour Chestnut Breeder Mr. & Mrs. Riley
Roberts Owner Phil Klipstein Tom Ross Trainer Reggie Cornell
Record 27: 12-1-5 Earnings $157,700 Major wins Golden Gate
Futurity (making up 27 lengths) (1957) Santa Anita Derby (making
up 28 lengths) (1958) First horse buried in the infield at
Golden Gate Fields. He has since been joined by Lost in the Fog
The Silky Sullivan Handicap at Golden Gate Fields The Silky
Sullivan Award given to the top three-year-old male (Buddy Gil
in 2003)) Last updated on August 21, 2011  Silky Sullivan
(February 28, 1955 – November 18, 1977) was an American
thoroughbred race horse best known for his come-from-behind
racing style. His name is now a term used in sports and politics
for someone who seems so far behind the comp