1947 Preakness Stakes

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]

57th Preakness Stakes
Preakness Stakes
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
DateMay 10, 1947 (1947-05-10)
Winning horseFaultless
Winning time1:59 0/0
JockeyDouglas Dodson
TrainerJimmy Jones
OwnerCalumet Farm
ConditionsThree-year-olds, 126 lbs.
SurfaceDirt

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 name Jockey Trainer Owner Post Time Odds Earnings
1st 0 2 Faultless Douglas Dodson Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm 4.20-1 $98,500
2nd 1¼ 1 On Trust Johnny Longden William Molter Earl O. Stice & Sons 8.10-1 $20,000
3rd 2½ 8 Phalanx Sylvester Veitch Eddie Arcaro Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1.10-1 $10,000
4th 1¼ 7 Jet Pilot Eric Guerin Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 5.60-1 $5,000
5th ½ 3 Riskolater William Balzaretti Burton B. Williams Circle M Farm (Charles W. Moore) 89.30-1
6th 1 9 Cosmic Bomb Shelby Clark Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr. 26.20-1
7th 1 5 Secnav Conn McCreary Horatio Luro Mill River Stable (Josephine Hartford Douglas) 56.50-1
8th HD 4 Bullet Proof Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Liz Whitney 26.20-1
9th 6 11 Cornish Knight Albert Snider Albert E. Alexandra E. P. Taylor 57.50-1
10th NK 6 Contest Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch 27.60-1
11th 8 10 King Bay Robert Campbell Ray White Bernard J. Bax 23.90-1
  • 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.

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References
  1. "Pimlico/Laurel 2017 Media Guide". Maryland Jockey Club. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. "Official Racing Charts: Pimlico". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1947-05-12. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  3. "Field for Fifty-Seventh Preakness". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1947-05-10. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
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