Preakness Horse Pedigree

Owner: Duke of Hamilton/Milton H. Sanford
Breeder: A. J. Alexander
State Bred: KY

At 3: Won Dinner Party S. (Baltimore)
At 4: Won Westchester Cup (Jerome Park), Maturity S. (Jerome Park)
At 5: 2nd Long Branch S.
At 6: Won Manhattan H., Grand National H., Long Branch S., Jockey Club H.
At 7: Won Jockey Club H.; 2nd Saratoga Cup
At 8: Won Saratoga Cup (dead heat with Springbok, NTR Saratoga for 2-1/4 mi [3:56-1/4]), Baltimore Cup; 2nd Jockey Club H.; 3rd Fordham H. (dash; beat SURVIVOR)

At 7: NTR June 13, Jerome Park, 10F in 2:12, NTR Baltimore, 14F in 3:08-1/2.

Winner of Pimlico’s first Stakes (Dinner Party), and namesake of the Preakness Stakes.
Purchased by Sanford for $2,000, the top price at Woodburn yearling sale.
Sent to England 1875, where he was sold to the Duke of Hamilton.
Became tough to handle as an older horse, and after one fit of temper was shot & killed by Hamilton. The incident caused a reform in English law which governed handling of animals.

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