Bostonian (horse)

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

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 own stablemate and Kentucky Derby Champion Whiskery in the mile and three sixteenth $65,000 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 9, 1927

Two year-old season

As a two year-old Bostonian showed great promise by breaking 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. At the end of that same month his trainer Fred Hopkins wheeled him back three weeks later to another strong showing and a third place finish in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. In the early autumn he went on to win another allowance race. So his owners shipped him out west to run at Churchill Downs to run 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. In that race he ran a game 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 his trainer Fred Hopkins had enough confidence in him to wheel him back and take on Derby Champ Whiskery in the second jewel of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. In that race he was sent off as favorite coupled (under the same ownership) with Whiskery at 3-1. As the gates opened Bostonian broke slow and managed to 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 in order 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 finish in the one and three sixteenth mile race to win by one and a half lengths in a time of 1:59.

Later that year Bostonian went on to win a handicap race over older horses in the Riggs Memorial Handicap at Pimlico Race Course over the same distance as the Preakness in 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