Goldsmith Maid Standardbred

Color: b

2:14m

Foaled 1857, Deckertown, NJ. Died 9/23/1885, Trenton, NJ [pneumonia]. Goldsmith Maid trotted her first race in August 1865 and won several local races. She set track records in Goshen, New Jersey (with a best time of running a mile in 2 minutes, 26 seconds in three heats) in 1865 and Mystic Park racetrack in Boston in 1868 at a time of 2:21½. Goldsmith sold her to Budd Doble, a popular harness racer and trainer, in 1868 for $20,000. Maid continued to race for another six years for Doble, notably winning races in Buffalo, Sacramento and East Saginaw, Michigan against male contenders half her age. From 1869 to 1874, Goldsmith Maid became immensely popular with the American public, attracting thousands of spectators to special match races that pitted her against the nation\\\'s top harness racers. Doble earned so much from these matches, and the horse had become so popular that \'The Maid\' traveled to these engagements in her own private railroad car. In 1874, Doble set a harness racing world record (one mile in 2:14) in Boston with Maid, who was by then 17 years old. She won 92 out of 121 races. Dam of Stranger [2:11 1/4], sire of 42 trotters under 2:30. Inducted into Harness Racing Hall of Fame 1953.

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