| Owner: Mrs. Silas B. Mason Breeder: R. L. Baker Winnings: 38 Starts: 14 - 5 - 5, $109,315
At 2:
Won: Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, Cincinnati Trophy, Pimlico Futurity
At 3:
Won: Preakness Stakes, Derby Trial Stakes
2nd: Kentucky Derby, American Derby
3rd: Latonia Derby, Wood Memorial, Maryland Handicap
At 5:
Won: Bay Meadows Handicap, San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Suburban Handicap, San Antonio Stakes, Derby Week Special Handicap
2nd: Dixie Handicap SSI 28.14
Considered the champion three-year-old male of 1933 by some authorities.
Perhaps Head Play is most famous as the horse on the losing end of the "Fighting Finish" of the 1933 Kentucky Derby.
Brokers Tip (in blinkers) holds on to beat Head Play in the infamous "Fighting Finish" of the 1933 Derby. Photo from the Louisville Courier-Journal. For use on the Del Mar Pedigree Query only.
Died in 1954 at the age of 24.
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