Mate (horse)
| Mate | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Prince Pal |
| Grandsire | Prince Palatine |
| Dam | Killashandra |
| Damsire | Ambassador |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1928 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. |
| Owner | Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. |
| Trainer | James W. Healy |
| Record | 75: 20-14-19 |
| Earnings | US$301,810 |
| Major wins | |
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Spalding Lowe Jenkins Handicap (1930) Preakness Stakes (1931) |
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| Last updated on January 21, 2010 | |
Spalding Lowe Jenkins Handicap (1930)
Walden Handicap (1930)
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1930)
Champagne Stakes (1930)
Stanley Produce Stakes (1931)
Thanksgiving Day Handicap (1931, 1933)
Kenner Stakes (1931)
Arlington Classic (1931)
American Derby (1931)
Bowie Handicap (1931)
Challenge Stakes (1934)
Mate (foaled 1928 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1931 Preakness Stakes.
From modest parentage, Mate was bred and raced by Albert C. Bostwick, Jr., whose grandfather was a founding partner of Standard Oil. Mate was trained by Jim Healy and had to race against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune newspaper called the "big four" in racing which included Twenty Grand, Jamestown, and Equipoise.
At age two, Mate won several races including two from the most important for his age group, the Breeders' Futurity Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. The following year, in what was the first leg of the 1931 U.S. Triple Crown series, on May 9 Mate beat Twenty Grand to win Preakness Stakes while equaling the stakes record. That year's Kentucky Derby was then run on May 16 and won by Twenty Grand with Mate finishing third behind runner-up, Sweep All. He did not run in the Belmont Stakes but went on to win the prestigious American Derby in Chicago and beat Twenty Grand for the second time while winning the Arlington Classic in which he set a new Arlington Park track record of 2:02 2-5 for 1¼ miles on dirt.
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