Nicknamed "Lazy Bones", First Landing was the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.
One of his best wins came at Saratoga in August when he took the Hopeful Stakes by five and a half lengths from First Minister.
However, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, he finished a well-beaten third behind Sword Dancer and the winner: English-bred Tomy Lee.
[2] Retired to Christopher Chenery's stud farm, First Landing sired a number of graded stakes race winners including Jim J.
Racing Hall of Fame inductee Riva Ridge, who won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.