Bostonian (horse)

Bostonian (foaled in 1924) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of Broomstick out of a Peter Pan mare Yankee Maid, Bostonian is best remembered for posting a 1-1/2 length win over his stablemate and Kentucky Derby Champion Whiskery in the mile and three sixteenth $65,000 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 9, 1927

Bostonian
Sire	Broomstick
Grandsire	Ben Brush
Dam	Yankee Maid
Damsire	Peter Pan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1924
Country	United States
Colour	Black
Breeder	Harry Payne Whitney
Owner	Harry Payne Whitney
Trainer	Fred Hopkins
Record	29: 5-6-6
Earnings	$88,440
Major wins
Riggs Memorial Handicap (1927) Triple Crown wins: Preakness Stakes (1927)
Last updated on June 5, 2011

Two-year-old season

As a two-year-old, Bostonian broke his maiden in the second start of his career. In his third start, he won an allowance race at Belmont Park in May 1926 for the second win of his career. He went on to place second in a prestigious stakes race at Belmont, running second to Draconia in the Tremont Stakes during the first week of July in his freshman season. His trainer, Fred Hopkins, wheeled him back three weeks later to a third-place finish in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. In the early autumn, Bostonian won another allowance race. His owners then shipped him west to run at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, where he finished second to Valorous. During the winter, his connections decided to freshen him until the spring.

Three-year-old season

Bostonian got a late start to his three-year-old season, making his sophomore debut in New York's key prep race to the Derby, the Wood Memorial Stakes at a mile and one eighth at Aqueduct Racetrack. He ran third to Greentree Stable's Saxon in only the third running of the Wood. In his second start of the year, Bostonian finished fifth in a field of sixteen in the Kentucky Derby to his stablemate Whiskery, also owned by Harry Payne Whitney.

Two weeks later, Hopkins wheeled him back to take on Derby champ Whiskery in the second jewel of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. In that race, Bostonian was sent off as favorite coupled (under the same ownership) with Whiskery at 3–1. As the gates opened, Bostonian broke slowly and settle in seventh in the field of twelve passing the grand stands for the first time and around the club house turn. In the back stretch, he gradually gained ground on the early leaders. Around the final turn, he responded with a burst of speed when called on by his jockey, Whitey Abel. He came up to the leaders on the outside at the top of the lane during the final drive. Then he wore down the top three entering the home stretch: Sir Harry in third, Black Panther in second and finally Whiskery at the sixteenth pole by a half length. He continued his strong drive to win by one and a half lengths in a time of 1:59.

Later that year, Bostonian won a handicap race over older horses in the Riggs Memorial Handicap at Pimlico Race Course over a mile and three sixteenths. He also ran third in the Havre De Grace Cup Handicap at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland, at one and one eighth miles on dirt.

Breeding

Pedigree of Bostonian

Sire Broomstick bay 1901	Ben Brush bay 1893	Bramble	Bonnie Scotland
			Ivy Leaf
		Roseville	Reform
			Albia
	Elf ch. 1893	Galliard	Galopin
			Mavis
		Sylvabelle	Bend Or
			Saint Editha
Dam Yankee Maid black 1919	Peter Pan I bay 1904	Commando	Domino
			Emma C.
		Cinderella	Hermit
			Mazurka
	Yankee Girl bay 1904	Sir Dixon	Billet
			Jaconet
		Breakwater	Hindoo
			Richochet

References

• Bostonian's pedigree and partial racing stats