Jacobus (horse)

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Jacobus
Sire The Ill-Used
GrandsireBreadalbane
DamNellie James
Damsire Dollar
Sex Stallion
Foaled1880
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder August Belmont
OwnerJames E. Kelley
Trainer Richard Dwyer
Record45-11
Earnings$6,732
Major wins
Surf Stakes (1882)
American Classics wins:
Preakness Stakes (1883)

Jacobus (foaled 1880 in New York state) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1883 Preakness Stakes. [1] [2]

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Background

Bred by August Belmont at his Nursery Stud in Babylon, New York, Jacobus was sold to James E. Kelley along with other unraced colts for $10,000. [3]

Racing career

Raced at age two, Jacobus won the Surf Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track. He ran third in the Juvenile Stakes at Jerome Park and third again in both the Hopeful Stakes and August Stakes at Monmouth Park. [4]

As a three-year-old, Jacobus' ran third behind winner Barnes in the mile and one-half Coney Island Derby at Sheepshead Bay. The biggest win of his career came in what would become the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the 1883 Preakness Stakes. In a two-horse matchup run over a mile and one-half at Pimlico Race Course, jockey George Barbee erned his third Preakness win by guiding Jacobus to a four length win over his only competitor, Parnell. [5]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Jacobus
Sire
The Ill-Used

1870

Breadalbane

1862

Stcokwell The Baron
Pocahontas
Blink Bonny Melbourne
Queen Mary
Ellermire

1852

Chanticleer Birdcatcher
Whim
EllerdaleLanercost
Tomboy Mare
Dam
Nellie James

1867

Dollar

1860

The Flying Dutchman Bay Middleton
Barbelle
PaymentSlane
Receipt
Fleur Des Champs

1862

Newminster Touchstone
Beeswing
MariaHarkaway
Suspicion

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References

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