Deputed Testamony | |
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Sire | Traffic Cop |
Grandsire | Traffic Judge |
Dam | Proof Requested |
Damsire | Prove It |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1980 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder |
J. William Boniface & Francis P. Sears |
Owner | Bonita Farm & Francis P. Sears |
Trainer | J. William Boniface |
Record | 20: 11-3-0 |
Earnings | US$674,329 |
Major wins | |
Play The Palace Stakes (1982) Preakness Stakes (1983) |
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Honours | |
Deputed Testamony Stakes at Laurel Park |
Play The Palace Stakes (1982)
Keystone Stakes (1983)
Federico Tesio Stakes (1983)
Governor's Cup Handicap (1983)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (1983)
City of Baltimore Handicap (1984)
Deputed Testamony (May 7, 1980 – September 18, 2012) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Classic Preakness Stakes. Deputed Testamony is the last of eight Maryland-breds to win the Preakness Stakes and is one of only eleven colts from the state to win a Triple Crown race. Upon the death of Danzig Connection in 2010, he became the last living thoroughbred to win a Triple Crown race during the decade of the 1980s. Deputed Testamony died on September 18, 2012, aged 32.
Bred and raced by Bonita Farm and Francis P. Sears, Deputed Testamony was trained by J. William Boniface of Bonita Farm. His sire was Traffic Cop and his dam was Proof Requested. Damsire Prove It was a multiple stakes winner whose victories included the prestigious Santa Anita Handicap (1961) and Hollywood Gold Cup (1962).
The colt made seven starts at age two, notably winning the one mile Play The Palace Stakes at the Meadowlands Racetrack in track record time. In his three-year-old season, Deputed Testamony did not run in the Kentucky Derby. Leading up to his win in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg U.S. Triple Crown series, he won the Keystone Stakes at Pennsylvania's Keystone Racetrack and the Federico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.