| Owner: S.C. Hildreth Breeder: W. B. Miller Winnings: 23 Starts: 14 - - , $39,706
1919: Won Southampton H., Stuyvesant H., Dwyer S., Empire City Derby, Huron H., Saratoga H., Saranac H.; 2nd Saratoga Cup, Brooklyn H.
Won the inaugural Jockey Club Gold Cup (1919) in a walkover.
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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