Spur (horse)

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{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = Spur

| image = 200px

| caption = Spur (c. 1916)

| sire = King James

| grandsire = Plaudit

| dam = Auntie Mum

| damsire = Melton

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 1913

| country = United States

| colour = Bay

| breeder = Henry T. Oxnard

| owner = James Butler

| trainer = James H. McCormick

| record =

| earnings =

| race = Withers Stakes (1916)
Travers Stakes (1916)
Knickerbocker Handicap (1916)
Jerome Handicap (1916)
Southampton Handicap (1916)
Empire City Handicap (1917)
Long Beach Handicap (1918)

| awards =

| honours =

| updated=

}}

Spur (1913–1930) was an American thoroughbred racehorse.

Racing career

In 1916, he won eight major races and finished second in the Belmont Stakes.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/06/11/archives/friar-rock-victor-in-belmont-stake-august-belmonts-colt-captures.html |title=Friar Rock Victor in Belmont Stake - August Belmont's Colt Captures Heavy Purse - Mr. Tucker Wins Amateur Cup |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1916-06-11 |access-date=2011-08-30}} At age four, he equaled the Empire City track record for a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt in winning his second straight Yonkers Handicap.{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/NYTimes_jul16_jul31_1917/page/n326/ |title=Butler's Spur Wins Yonkers Handicap - Favorite Makes Brilliant Finish After Trailing at Empire City Track. Passes Lady Rotha Easily - John Sanford's Lady Russe Too Fleet for Quietude in the Second Race. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1917-07-29 |access-date=2022-07-25}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xkqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3IUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6580,4678438&dq=yonkers+handicap+spur&hl=en |title=Spur First in Yonkers Handicap |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=July 29, 1918 |access-date=2011-08-30}}