Alsab

Alsab
Sire	Good Goods
Grandsire	Neddie
Dam	Winds Chant
Damsire	Wildair
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1939
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Tom Piatt
Owner	Albert Sabath
Trainer	Sarge Swenke
Record	51: 25-11-5
Earnings	$350,015
Major wins
Washington Park Futurity (1941) Champagne Stakes (1941) Mayflower Stakes (1941) Preakness Stakes (1942) American Derby (1942) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1942) New York Handicap (1942) Withers Stakes (1942)
Awards
U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1941) U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1942)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1976) #65 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Last updated on April 28, 2007

Alsab (1939–1963) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

As a two-year-old Alsab won the Washington Park Futurity, Champagne Stakes and Mayflower Stakes.

In his three-year-old he was ridden by Basil James. He finished second to Shut Out in the Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes. In the third leg of the Triple Crown he finished second to Shut Out in the Belmont Stakes.

On September 19, 1942, Alsab defeated the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown Champion Whirlaway in a match race at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Alsab was voted the 1941 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He also won 1942 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt honors.

In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Alsab was voted #65. In 1976, he was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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