| Owner: 1) Brighton Stable (George D. Smith); 2) Sam C. Hildreth Breeder: W. B. Miller Winnings: 23 Starts: 14 - - , $39,706
At 3: 1st: Jockey Club S., Southampton H., Stuyvesant H., Dwyer S., Empire City Derby, Huron H., Saratoga H., Saranac H. 2nd: Saratoga Cup, Brooklyn H.
September 26, 1918: Purchased for $12,500 by Hildreth at the Brighton Stable dispersal sale at Aqueduct.
Called "Adonis of the Turf", Purchase was one of the best-looking racehorses ever seen on an American racetrack; unfortunately, he was as unlucky as he was handsome.
Rated by trainer Sam Hildreth as the best horse he had ever handled up through 1925.
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