Background
Hoop Jr. was a bay horse sired by the French-bred stallion Sir Gallahad, a full brother to Bull Dog, who sired Bull Lea). He was out of the American stakes winning mare One Hour, a daughter of the French bred Snob, who had been purchased for the third highest amount ever paid for a horse imported into the United States for racing purposes.
Hoop Jr. was the first Thoroughbred horse Fred W. Hooper, an Alabama and Florida building contractor, ever bought. He named him after his youngest son, Fred Jr. He paid $10,000 for the colt at the Keeneland Sales. Hooper was quoted many years later saying, "I liked the way he looked, the way he walked, everything, and I said, I'm going to own you."
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