Peter Pan (American horse)

Peter Pan (1904–1933) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, bred and raced by prominent horseman, James R. Keene. As winner of the Belmont Stakes, the Brooklyn Derby and the Brighton Handicap, he was later inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. His progeny included many famous American racehorses, including several winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.

Background

Bred and raced by prominent horseman,

Peter Pan was conditioned by future Hall of Fame trainer James G. Rowe Sr.

Racing career

At age 2, Peter Pan won four of his eight starts including the prestigious 1906

In 1907, Peter Pan won six of his nine starts with two seconds, one of which was in the spring in the

Honors

Following its creation, Peter Pan was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1956, as were his sire Commando and grandsire Domino, as well as his granddaughter Top Flight.^[2]

Stud record

Peter Pan stood at his owner's Castleton Stud in Lexington, Kentucky then was sold for US$100,000 in 1912 to a breeding farm in France.^[3] Brought back to the United States, he was sold to Harry Payne Whitney and stood at Brookdale Farm in Lincroft, New Jersey until 1915 when he became the foundation sire for the new Whitney Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Peter Pan died in December 1933 at the age of twenty-nine and was buried at the Whitney Farm in Lexington (now part of the Gainesway Farm).^[2]

Progeny

Peter Pan's progeny includes:

• Black Toney (1911) - Foundation sire for Idle Hour Stock Farm, among the U.S. top twenty sires on ten occasions
• Pennant - sire of Hall of Fame inductees Equipoise & Jolly Roger / 1924 U.S. Co-Champion Two Year Old Filly Maud Muller / 1938 Preakness Stakes winner Dauber
• Puss In Boots (1913) - 1915 U.S. Champion Two Year Old Filly
• Vexatious (1916) - 1919 Champion Three Year Old Filly
• Prudery (1918) - 1920 U.S. Champion Two Year Old Filly & 1921 Champion Three Year Old Filly
• Tryster (1918) - U.S. Champion Two Year Old Colt

• Bostonian (1924) - won 1927 Preakness Stakes
• Whiskery (1924) - won 1927 Kentucky Derby, Champion Three Year Old Colt
• Victorian (1925) - won 1928 Preakness Stakes
• Top Flight (1929) - U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, 1931 U.S. Champion Two Year Old Filly & 1932 Champion Three Year Old Filly

Grandsire of notable horses such as:

• Black Gold (1921) - Hall of Fame inductee, 1924 Kentucky Derby winner
• Equipose (1928-1938) - National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Two Time Horse of the Year (1932,1933)
• Brokers Tip (1930) - 1933 Kentucky Derby winner
• Bimelech (1937) - Hall of Fame inductee, 1940 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner

Pedigree

See also

• List of racehorses

References

• Peter Pan's pedigree and partial racing stats