Buskin (horse)
| Buskin | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Hamburg |
| Grandsire | Hanover |
| Dam | Slippers |
| Damsire | Meddler |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1910 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Harry P. Whitney |
| Owner | John Whalen |
| Trainer | John Whalen |
| Record | Not found |
| Earnings | Not found |
| Major wins | |
| Bowie Handicap (1913) Canadian Derby (1913) Metropolitan Handicap (1914)
American Classics wins: | |
Buskin (1910 – July 5, 1917) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse is best known for winning the 1913 Preakness Stakes. Owned and trained by John Whalen, he was sired by Hamburg. Buskin was out of the mare Slippers, a daughter of Meddler.[1]
Preakness Stakes
[edit]Buskin, described as "a good-looking little bay gelding"[2] won the $2,500 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday, May 20, 1913.
He went off as the heavy favorite at 3–2 in the field of eight three-year-olds after five of the thirteen colts scratched. Buskin broke first but fell back to fourth under a heavy hold by jockey Jimmy Butwell as they hit Pimlico's famous "Clubhouse Turn." The pace was slow early with the first quarter in :24 flat and the half in :48-4/5.[3] As the race progressed, Buskin was continually restrained as he dropped to fifth down the backstretch but tracked the pacemakers just three lengths behind.[4]
On the final turn, he rounded the field four wide and burst into the lead by three lengths before tiring badly in the final sixteenth. He held off the charge of runner-up and third choice Kleburne by a neck.[5] Longshot Barnegat at 48-1 finished third. The final time for the one mile and one eighth Preakness was 1:53 2/5 over a fast track. The winner's share of 60% of the purse was $1,670.[6]
Buskin and Holiday the next year were the last geldings to win the Preakness Stakes until Prairie Bayou won the race in 1993.[7]
Later racing career
[edit]Later that racing season, Buskin won the 1913 Canadian Derby and placed second in the National Stakes. In his four-year-old season, he won the 1914 Metropolitan Handicap and Bowie Handicap. Also in 1914 or 1915, Buskin placed second in the Brooklyn Handicap, Bowie Handicap, Susquehanna Handicap and Toronto Cup while placing third in the Frontier Handicap and the Washington Handicap. Buskin was injured in the spring of 1916 and was euthanized on July 5, 1917, at Belmont Park due to worsening of his condition.[8]
Breeding
[edit]| Sire Hamburg bay 1895 |
Hanover
ch. 1884 |
Hindoo | Virgil |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | |||
| Bourbon Belle | Bonnie Scotland | ||
| Ella D. | |||
| Lady Reel
bay 1886 |
Fellow Craft | Australian | |
| Aerolite | |||
| Mannie Gray | Enquirer | ||
| Lizzy G | |||
| Dam Slippers brown 1904 |
Meddler
bay 1890 |
St. Gatien | The Rover |
| Saint Editha | |||
| Busybody | Petrarch | ||
| Spinaway | |||
| Cinderella
bay 1885 |
Tomahawk | King Tom | |
| Mincemeat | |||
| Manna | Brown Bred | ||
| Tartlet |
References
[edit]- ^ "Buskin Horse Pedigree". Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ^ "Preakness To Buskin". Baltimore Sun. 1913-05-22. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ^ "Preakness Stakes 1913 Race Chart page p-63". Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide 2009. Pimlico Race Course. 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Preakness Stakes 1913 Race Chart page p-63". Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide 2009. Pimlico Race Course. 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Preakness Stakes 1913 Race Chart page p-63". Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide 2009. Pimlico Race Course. 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Preakness Stakes 1913 Race Chart page p-63". Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide 2009. Pimlico Race Course. 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Prairie Bayou Applies Right Touch at Last". Los Angeles Times. 1993-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ^ Staff (July 7, 1917). "Omar Khayyam Victorious: Runs a Fast and Exciting Race with Campfire and Prevails Narrowly". Daily Racing Form. Triangle Publishers. Retrieved 20 April 2018.