Dauber (horse)

Dauber
SirePennant
GrandsirePeter Pan
DamShip of War
DamsireMan o' War
SexStallion
Foaled1935
CountryUnited States
ColorChestnut
BreederCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
OwnerFoxcatcher Farms
TrainerRichard E. Handlen
Record22: 5-6-5
EarningsUS$80,130
Major wins
Nursery Handicap (1937)
American Classic Race wins:
Preakness Stakes (1938)

Dauber (1935–1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1938 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Sonny Whitney, he was sired by Harry Payne Whitney's 1913 Futurity Stakes winner, Pennant. His dam was Ship of War, a daughter of Man o' War.

Dauber was purchased by William du Pont, Jr. and raced by his Foxcatcher Farms. Under trainer Richard Handlen, his best result in a major race for two-year-olds was a win in the 1937 Nursery Handicap and a third in the 1937 Pimlico Futurity. At age three, he notably earned a second-place finish to Stagehand in the 1938 Santa Anita Derby. He went on to compete in all three of the U.S. Triple Crown races. Ridden by jockey Maurice Peters, Dauber finished second to Lawrin in the Kentucky Derby, won the Preakness Stakes by seven lengths,[1] and was second to Pasteurized in the Belmont Stakes. Following the Triple Crown, Dauber did not win another significant race.

Retired to stud, Dauber was not successful as a sire.

  1. ^ "CRAVAT IS SECOND; 25,000 See Outsider's Rush Nip Menow by Nose at Pimlico DAUBER, 3-2, EARNS $51,875 du Pont's Racer Comes from Next to Last to Triumph on Sloppy Track Cravat Earns $10,000 Can't Wait Runs Fourth DAUBER, 3-2, TAKES $69,500 PREAKNESS Menow Stops After Mile Jesse Jones Attends Betting Lines Jammed Winners of the Preakness". The New York Times. 15 May 1938.