{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{for|the Dorian Electra song|Flamboyant (album)}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Career Boy | image = | caption = | sire = [[Phalanx (horse)|Phalanx]] | grandsire = [[Pilate (horse)|Pilate]] | dam = Swanky | damsire = [[Mahmoud (horse)|Mahmoud]] | sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]] | foaled = 1953 | country = United States | colour = [[Black (horse)|Black/Brown]] | breeder = [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] | owner = Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | trainer = [[Sylvester Veitch]] | record = 30: 8-5-4 | earnings = $251,089 | race = [[Grand Union Hotel Stakes]] (1955)<br>[[United States Hotel Stakes]] (1955)<br>[[Gotham Stakes]] (1956)<br>[[United Nations Handicap]] (1956) |awards = [[American Champion Male Turf Horse]] (1956) |honours = |updated= }} '''Career Boy''' (foaled 1953 in [[Kentucky]]) was an American [[Eclipse Award|Champion]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]].
==Background== He was bred and raced by [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], a member of the prominent horse-racing [[Whitney family]]. Out of the mare Swanky, whose damsire [[Mahmoud (horse)|Mahmoud]] won the 1936 [[Epsom Derby]], he was sired by Whitney's [[Phalanx (horse)|Phalanx]], the 1947 [[Belmont Stakes]] winner and [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/career+boy |title=Career Boy's pedigree and partial racing stats |publisher=Pedigreequery.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref>
Career Boy was trained by future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Sylvester Veitch]].
==Racing career== At age two, Career Boy won important races such as the [[Grand Union Hotel Stakes]] and the [[United States Hotel Stakes]]. He ran second to [[Needles (horse)|Needles]] in the [[Hopeful Stakes]], then had another second-place result in the [[Garden State Stakes]] to winner [[Prince John (horse)|Prince John]] but ahead of third-place finisher Needles.
Going into his three-year-old season in 1956, Career Boy was assigned the [[Experimental Free Handicap|Experimental Free Handicap's]] 126 pound high-weight. Under jockey [[Eric Guerin]], Career Boy won the [[Gotham Stakes]] and ran second in the [[Blue Grass Stakes]] en route to a sixth-place finish in the 1956 [[Kentucky Derby]]. He did not run in the [[Preakness Stakes]], but in the ensuing [[Belmont Stakes]], the third leg of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States Triple Crowns|U.S. Triple Crown]] series, he made a powerful stretch run to finish a neck second to Needles with Preakness winner [[Fabius (horse)|Fabius]] in third.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w05UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2888,4787399&dq=career-boy+needles+belmont&hl=en |title=Needles uses same tactics |publisher=St Joseph News Press |date=1956-06-17 |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref>
In September 1956, Career Boy showed an affinity for racing on the grass with a one-length win under jockey [[Sam Boulmetis, Sr.|Sam Boulmetis]] in the [[United Nations Handicap]] at [[Atlantic City Race Course]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=beEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ewAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5644,2981030&dq=career-boy+united-nations&hl=en |title=Career Boy Triumphs |publisher=Sunday herald |date=1956-09-09 |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref> Owner C. V. Whitney then decided to send his top two runners to [[Longchamp Racecourse]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], to run in the prestigious [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]]. Entered with stablemate [[Fisherman (American horse)|Fisherman]] and with [[Eddie Arcaro]] riding, Career Boy finished fourth in the 1956 Arc to [[Ribot (horse)|Ribot]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ejgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3549,976419&dq=career+boy+ribot&hl=en |title=Undefeated Italian Ribot Outruns US Aces |publisher=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |date=1956-10-08 |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref> Career Boy's 1956 performances earned him [[American Champion Male Turf Horse]] honors.
==Stud record== Retired to [[stud (animal)|stud]] duty, Career Boy stood in the United States until age thirteen when he was sent to a breeding operation in [[Argentina]]. He was not successful as a sire.
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:1953 racehorse births]] [[Category:Thoroughbred family 8-c]] [[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]] [[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]] [[Category:American Champion racehorses]] [[Category:Whitney racehorses]]