1928 Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes | |
Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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Date | May 11, 1928 |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 mi (9.5 furlongs; 1,900 m) |
Winning horse | Victorian |
Winning time | 2:00 1/5 |
Final odds | 9.35-1 |
Jockey | Raymond Workman |
Trainer | James G. Rowe Jr. |
Owner | Harry Payne Whitney |
Conditions | Fast |
Surface | Dirt |
The 1928 Preakness Stakes was the 53rd running of the
No Triple Crown attempt
The owners of the Preakness winner chose not to send the colt to Louisville, Kentucky to compete in the May 19th Kentucky Derby. The Daily Racing Form reported that Victorian's owner made a statement by telephone saying the colt had gone through a very tough Preakness and did not do well after the race. Plans called for transporting Victorian to Belmont Park where he would run in the Withers Stakes if his trainer thought the colt was healthy.[3] Victorian won the Withers Stakes.[4]
Record crowd
The Daily Racing Form reported there was a record crowd in attendance on Preakness day which included notables such as
Maryland Governor Albert Ritchie presented the Woodlawn Vase to James G. Rowe Jr., the winning trainer who accepted it on behalf of the absent Harry Payne Whitney.
Death of scheduled Preakness rider
Twenty-five-year-old jockey Ovila Bourassa was scheduled to ride Solace in the 1928 Preakness. The colt, who would finish third, was owned by the Seagram Stables for whom jockey Bourassa had ridden Sir Harry to a second-place finish in the 1927 Preakness Stakes. Three weeks prior to the running of the 1928 Preakness, the young jockey died from a fractured skull after the saddle girth slipped on a horse he was breezing in the early morning hours at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
A champion
Payout
The 51st Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
Program Number |
Horse Name |
Win |
Place |
Show |
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7 | Victorian | $20.70 | $10.20 | $7.50 |
8 | Toro | - | $22.00 | $14.20 |
3 | Solace | - | - | $19.50 |
The full chart
Daily Racing Form Charts[8]
Finish Position |
Margin (lengths) |
Post Position |
Horse name | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Post Time Odds |
Earnings |
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1st | 0 | 7 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | James G. Rowe Jr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 9.35-1 | $60,000 |
2nd | NO | 8 | Toro | Eddie Ambrose | John F. Schorr | Edward Beale McLean | 21.70-1 | $5,000 |
3rd | 21⁄2 | 3 | Solace | Leslie Pichon | William H. Bringloe | Seagram Stables | 37.25-1 | $3,000 |
4th | 3 | 4 | Strolling Player | George Fields | Robert A. Smith | Salubria Stable | 4.55-1 † | $2,000 |
5th | HD | 6 | Sun Beau | John Craigmyle | Charles W. Carroll | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 17.85-1 | |
6th | 6 | 17 | Penalo | Willie Kelsay | Robert A. Smith | Lawrence Waterbury II
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15.55-1 Ŧ | |
7th | HD | 14 | Typhoon | Louis Schaefer | H. Guy Bedwell | Kenton Farm stable | 21.30-1 | |
8th | 4 | 1 | Bateau | Fred Stevens | Scott P. Harlan
|
Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.
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25.35-1 | |
9th | 1⁄2 | 12 | Distraction | Danny McAuliffe | George Tappen | Wheatley Stable | 11.35-1 | |
10th | NK | 13 | Don Q. | Pete Walls | Joseph H. Stotler | Sagamore Stable | 61.35-1 | |
11th | NK | 9 | Nassak | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable
|
2.35-1 | |
12th | 11⁄2 | 11 | Sortie | Clarence Kummer | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 15.55-1 Ŧ | |
13th | 1 | 15 | Bobashela | Herb Fisher | S. Miller Henderson | Audley Farm Stable | 4.55-1 † | |
14th | 11⁄2 | 10 | Friar's Hope | Edgar Barnes | James S. Butler | Mrs. J. Simpson Dean | 143.95-1 | |
15th | 1 | 16 | Knapsack | Steve O'Donnell | William M. Garth | Salubria Stable | 4.55-1 † | |
16th | 11⁄2 | 2 | Oh Say | Anthony Pascuma | Albert B. Gordon | Fair Stable | 92.65 | |
17th | 1⁄2 | 18 | Petee-Wrack | Mack Garner | Willie Booth | John R. Macomber | 18.65 | |
18th | 8 | 5 | Brooms | Harvey Elston | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Brookmeade Stable | 18.85 |
- Ŧ coupled and † coupled
- Winning Breeder: Harry Payne Whitney; (KY)
- Times: 1/4 mile – 23 2/5; 1/2 mile – 47 2/5; 3/4 mile – 1:13 0/0; mile – 1:38 4/5; 1 3/16 (final) – 2:00 1/5
- Track condition: fast
References
- ^ Daily Racing Form May 12, 1928 article titled "Victorian Wins Preakness" Retrieved August 03, 2018
- ^ Sun Beau at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Retrieved August 15, 2018
- ^ Daily Racing Form May 15, 1928 article titled "Victorian's Derby Status: Reasons Why Preakness Winner Will Not Be Shipped to Louisville for Famous Race" Retrieved August 03, 2018
- ^ Daily Racing Form May 21, 1928 article titled "Victorian Triumphs: Preakness Stakes Winner Accounts for Withers Stakes" Retrieved August 03, 2018
- ^ New York Times April 18, 1928 article titled "Jockey Bourassa Dies After Fall" Retrieved July 23, 2018
- ^ New York Daily News, April 28, 2018 Retrieved July 20, 2018
- ^ Calgary Daily Herald – April 18, 1928 Retrieved July 23, 2018
- ^ Daily Racing Form May 11, 1928 Preakness Stakes results chart Retrieved August 3, 2018
External links
- Official website
- Montreal La Presse newspaper photo of Ovila Bourassa. [1]