| Head Play | |
|---|---|
 Head Play in the late 1930s | |
| Sire | My Play |
| Grandsire | Fair Play |
| Dam | Red Head |
| Damsire | King Gorin |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1930 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut (color) |
| Breeder | Col. Robert L. Baker |
| Owner | 1) Ruth Clark Crump 2) Suzanne Mason |
| Trainer | 1) Willie Crump 2) Thomas P. Hayes (1933) 3) J. Thomas Taylor (1934) |
| Record | 38: 14-5-5 |
| Earnings | $109,315 |
| Major wins | |
| Hawthorne Juvenile Stakes (1932) Cincinnati Trophy Stakes (1932) Derby Trial Stakes (1933) Suburban Handicap (1935) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1935) San Antonio Handicap (1935) Bay Meadows Handicap (1935) U.S. Triple Crown wins: Preakness Stakes (1933) Kentucky Derby 2nd (1933) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1933) | |
| Last updated on June 14, 2018 | |
Head Play (April 2, 1930 – December 11, 1954) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1933 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series of races and as the horse on the losing end of the "Fighting Finish" of the 1933 Kentucky Derby.