Owned and bred by cosmetics tycoon Elizabeth Arden at her Maine Chance Farm, Gun Bow was sired by Gun Shot, a son of Hyperion, the 1933 Epsom Derby winner and a six-time leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
He raced in California as well as at Arlington Park in the Midwest, plus at tracks on the East Coast, from New York thorough Florida.
He defeated Kelso by twelve lengths in the Brooklyn Handicap while setting a new track record for 10 furlongs.
Notably, his outstanding daughter Pistol Packer won several Group One races in France, including the 1971 Prix de Diane.
[3] In 1999, Gun Bow was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.