1947 Preakness Stakes

72nd running of the Preakness Stakes August 2023 72nd Preakness Stakes Preakness Stakes Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1947 5 10 Faultless 1:59 0/0 Douglas Dodson Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm Dirt Three-year-olds, 126 lbs. 1946 1948 The 1947 Preakness Stakes was the 72nd running of the $100,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series took place on May 10, 1947, and was run seven days after the 1947 Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Douglas Dodson, who was praised by the Daily Racing Form for a smart ride, Faultless won the mile and three sixteenths race by one and a quarter lengths over runner-up On Trust with the betting favorite Phalanx in third. Jet Pilot, winner of the Kentucky Derby, finished fourth. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:59 flat.http://www.laurelpark.com/sites/www.laurelpark.com/files/content/handicapping Pimlico/Laurel 2017 Media Guide Maryland Jockey Club 2018-01-01 2018-08-12 May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1947051201/drf1947051201_9_1 Official Racing Charts: Pimlico Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives 1947-05-12 2018-11-07 Payout The 72nd Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule Horse Name Win Place Show Faultless $10.40 $4.80 $2.80 On Trust - $7.00 $3.40 Phalanx $2.20 The full chart 1947 Preakess Stakes scheduled starters, jockeys, trainers, ownershttps://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1947051001/drf1947051001_1_3 Field for Fifty-Seventh Preakness Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives 1947-05-10 2018-11-07 Finish PositionLengths BehindPost PositionHorse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings1st02 Faultless Douglas Dodson Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm4.20-1$98,5002nd1¼ 1 On Trust Johnny Longden William Molter Earl O. Stice & Sons8.10-1$20,0003rd2½ 8 Phalanx Sylvester Veitch Eddie Arcaro Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney1.10-1 $10,0004th1¼ 7 Jet Pilot Eric Guerin Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm5.60-1 $5,0005th½ 3 Riskolater William Balzaretti Burton B. Williams Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore) 89.30-1 6th19 Cosmic Bomb Shelby Clark Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr.26.20-17th15 Secnav Conn McCreary Horatio Luro Mill River Stable (Josephine Hartford Douglas)56.50-18thHD4 Bullet Proof Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Liz Whitney26.20-19th611 Cornish Knight Albert Snider Albert E. Alexandra E. P. Taylor57.50-1 10thNK6 Contest Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch27.60-1 11th810 King Bay Robert Campbell Ray White Bernard J. Bax23.90-1 Winning breeder: Calumet Farm (KY) Times: 1/4 mile 0:23 2/5; 1/2 mile – 0:47 1/5; 3/4 mile – 1:12 1/5; mile – 1:39 1/5; 1 3/16 – 1:59 0/0. Track condition: fast Clem McCarthy's Blunder During the homestretch of the Preakness, radio broadcaster Clem McCarthy mistakenly called Jet Pilot the leader and eventually the winner until Clem made a big mistake, and later apologize to the radio audience and correctly named Faultless the winner. References External links http://www.preakness.com/ Category:1947 in horse racing Category:1947 in American sports Category:1947 in sports in Maryland Category:1940s in Baltimore Category:May 1947 sports events in the United States 1947 Category:Pimlico Race Course