Royal Tourist
| Royal Tourist | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sandringham |
| Grandsire | St. Simon |
| Dam | Leisure |
| Damsire | Meddler |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1905 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Harry Payne Whitney |
| Owner | 1) Harry Payne Whitney 2) Charles R. Ellison 3) H. G. Bedwell 4) G. F. Calmbach |
| Trainer | 1) John W. Rogers 2) A. Jack Joyner |
| Earnings | US$not found |
| Major wins | |
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Autumn Stakes (1907) Preakness Stakes (1908) |
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Autumn Stakes (1907)
Oakdale Stakes (1907)
Loantaka Stakes (1908)
Winters Handicap (1908)
Royal Tourist (1905–1909) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Classic Preakness Stakes in 1908 and who later that year set a World Record time in winning the Winters Handicap at Emeryville Race Track in Oakland, California.
Bred and raced by Harry Payne Whitney, Royal Tourist's sire was the unraced British import, Sandringham, a son of the outstanding runner and nine-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland, St. Simon. His dam was Leisure, who was also the dam of the 1914 Preakness Stakes winner, Holiday. Leisure's sire was Meddler, the leading sire in North America in 1904 and 1906.
Racing at age two under trainer John Rogers, on September 10, 1907 Royal Tourist earned his first win in the Autumn Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track with a stakes record time of 1:11 flat for six furlongs. He went on that year to win the Oakdale Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. As a three-year-old in 1908, Royal Tourist's race conditioning was handled by Jack Joyner who took over as trainer of the Whitney racing stable on the death of John Rogers in February. In the pre U.S. Triple Crown era, Royal Tourist was not entered in the Kentucky Derby but on June 2, 1908, under jockey Eddie Dugan, he won what is now the second leg of the Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes, contested at the time at a distance of 11/16 miles at Gravesend Race Track.
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