Rainbow Blue
{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Rainbow Blue
|breed = Standardbred
| sire = Artiscape
| grandsire = Artsplace
| dam = Vesta Blue Chip
| damsire = On The Road Again
| sex = Mare
| foaled = 2001
| country = United States
| colour = Bay
| owner = K And R Racing LLC (Kevin & Ron Fry), Teague Inc.
| trainer = George Teague, Jr.
| record = 32: 30-0-1
| earnings = $1,428,934
| wins = Fan Hanover Stakes (2004)
Nadia Lobell Pace (2004)
Matron Stakes (2004)
Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Pace (2004)
| awards = American Harness Horse of the Year (2004)
United States Pacer of the Year
(2004)
United States 3-year-old Filly Pacer of the Year
Canadian Harness Horse of the Year (2004)
| honors = United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2012)
}}
Rainbow Blue was the 2004 American Harness Horse of the Year[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/horses/2005-02-13-harness-awards_x.htm USA Today February 13, 2005 article titled "Rainbow Blue takes top honor in harness awards"] Retrieved November 12, 2016 as well as the Canadian Harness Horse of the Year.[http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/content/obrien-awards-past-winners.html Standardbred Canada article titled "O'Brien Awards: Past Winners"] Retrieved August 27, 2016
Racing at age two she won six or her seven starts including a division of the Debutante Stakes and the Molly Pitcher Pace.[http://www.harnessracing.com/news/blueinmollypitcher.html HarnessRacing.com August 18, 2003 article titled "Blue in Molly Pitcher"] Retrieved November 12, 2016 The filly won 20 of the 21 races she entered in 2004. Her only loss came when she went off stride in the Mistletoe Shalee. Her victory highlights included the $543,543 Fan Hanover Stakes final, the $222,500 Nadia Lobell Pace final, the Matron Stakes[https://www.harnessracing.com/news/rainbowbluewinsmatron.html HarnessRacing.com November 16, 2004 article titled Rainbow Blue wins Matron] and the $610,000 Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Pace final. The bay filly is the daughter of Artiscape and Vesta Blue Chip. She retired with a lifetime mark of 1:49 2/5. Rainbow Blue was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2012.[http://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/rainbow-blue Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame] Retrieved November 16, 2016