1947 Preakness Stakes

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57th Preakness Stakes
Preakness Stakes
Location Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
DateMay 10, 1947 (1947-05-10)
Winning horse Faultless
Winning time1:59 0/0
Jockey Douglas Dodson
Trainer Jimmy Jones
Owner Calumet Farm
Conditions Three-year-olds, 126 lbs.
SurfaceDirt
  1946
1948  

The 1947 Preakness Stakes was the 57th 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. [1] [2]

Contents

Payout

The 57th 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, owners [3]

Finish
Position
Lengths
Behind
Post
Position
Horse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings
1st02 Faultless Douglas Dodson Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm 4.20-1$98,500
2nd1 On Trust Johnny Longden William Molter Earl O. Stice & Sons8.10-1$20,000
3rd8 Phalanx Sylvester Veitch Eddie Arcaro Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1.10-1$10,000
4th7 Jet Pilot Eric Guerin Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 5.60-1$5,000
5th½3RiskolaterWilliam Balzaretti Burton B. Williams Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore)89.30-1
6th19 Cosmic Bomb Shelby Clark Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr. 26.20-1
7th15Secnav Conn McCreary Horatio Luro Mill River Stable (Josephine Hartford Douglas)56.50-1
8thHD4Bullet Proof Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Liz Whitney 26.20-1
9th611Cornish Knight Albert Snider Albert E. Alexandra E. P. Taylor 57.50-1
10thNK6Contest Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch 27.60-1
11th810King BayRobert CampbellRay WhiteBernard J. Bax23.90-1

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

  1. "Pimlico/Laurel 2017 Media Guide". Maryland Jockey Club. January 1, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Official Racing Charts: Pimlico". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. May 12, 1947. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. "Field for Fifty-Seventh Preakness". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. May 10, 1947. Retrieved November 7, 2018.