Whiskery (horse)

Whiskery (foaled 1924 - died 1937) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the winner of the 1927 Kentucky Derby after defeating Osmand by a nose in the stretch.[1] Whiskery won the Ardsley Handicap at age two and the Chesapeake Stakes at age three. He was third in the 1927 Preakness Stakes and would be named American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse that year.[2]

Whiskery
SireWhisk Broom II
GrandsireBroomstick
DamPrudery
DamsirePeter Pan
SexStallion, eventually Gelding
Foaled1924
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederHarry Payne Whitney
OwnerHarry Payne Whitney
TrainerFred Hopkins
Record70: 14-16-32
Earnings$122,211
Major wins
Ardsley Handicap (1926)
Huron Handicap (1927)
Stanley Produce Stakes (1927)
Twin City Handicap (1927)
Chesapeake Stakes (1927)

American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (1927)

Awards
American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (1927)
Last updated on 4/15/2016

Whiskery was sold in 1927 to the Stone-Hancock-Woodward partnership for $60,000 for use as a stud horse. However, he proved to be sterile and was put back into training as a gelding. Whiskery did not achieve his previous racing success and was finally shipped in 1931 to the Charles Stone's Morven Stud in Charlottesville, Virginia for use as a saddle horse.[3] [4]

Whiskery's time of death was not officially reported to The Jockey Club, but it is assumed that he died around 1936 as the result of a catastrophic leg injury, either sustained by colliding with a tree while fulfilling his duty as the night watchman's horse or as a result of a track injury.[4]

References
  1. "75,000 See Whiskery Win Kentucky Derby". New York Times. May 15, 1927. Section 10, page 1. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  2. ""Whitney Silks First and Third in Preakness". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. May 10, 1927. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. "Whiskery's Adieu To Turf". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. June 26, 1931. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. Jim Bolus. Derby Magic. 1997
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