Exterminator (horse)

Sent to race in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he suffered a muscle sprain and Milam gave him time off to grow into his size, which by now was 17 hands.

In workouts, Exterminator was supposed to stay behind Sun Briar merely to urge him on to greater effort, but he ran easily beside the other horse unless held back.

Sun Briar had topped his juvenile division, winning five of nine starts and being named U.S. Two-Yr-Old Champion Colt.

Ridden by a disappointed Willie Knapp, who had expected to be up on Sun Briar, Exterminator went off at odds of 30–1 to the heavily favored War Cloud.

[6] Exterminator made the last start of his career on June 21, 1924, at Dorval Park in Montreal, Canada where he ran third to Albert Bostwick Jr.'s Spot Cash in the Queen's Hotel Handicap.

In addition, the local paper in Binghamton, New York, (where Exterminator spent his final years) noted upon his death in their front-page coverage that he had only 99 lifetime starts.

It was not for purse money, and none of his win, place or show finishes is affected by this walkover effort in a public workout.

Exterminator lived in his private barn at Court Manor in Virginia until Kilmer's death in 1940, after which he was moved to Binghamton, New York.

At the time of his death, it was reported that he was buried beside several of the companion ponies (all named "Peanuts") although no markers exist today reflecting their grave.

: The Longshot Horse, The Great War, and the Making of an American Hero, written by Eliza McGraw, was published in 2016.

Exterminator's grave at Whispering Pines Pet Cemetery in Binghamton, NY