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Won: Dinner Party S. (Baltimore), Westchester Cup (Jerome Park), Maturity S. (Jerome Park), Manhattan H., Grand National H., Long Branch S., Jockey Club H. (twice), Saratoga Cup (dead heat with Springbok, Baltimore Cup 2nd: Long Branch S., Saratoga Cup, Jockey Club H. 3rd: Fordham H. (dash; beat SURVIVOR) NTR Saratoga for 2-1/4 mi [3:56-1/4]), NTR June 13, Jerome Park, 10F in 2:12, NTR Baltimore, 14F in 3:08-1/2. Winner of Pimlico’s first Stakes (Dinner Party), and namesake of the Preakness Stakes. Breeder: R. A. Alexander (KY) Purchased by Sanford for $2,000, the top price at Woodburn yearling sale. Sent to England 1875, where he was sold to the Duke of Hamilton. Became tough to handle as an older horse, and after one fit of temper was shot & killed by Hamilton. The incident caused a reform in English law which governed handling of animals.
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