| Purchase | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Ormondale |
| Grandsire | Ormonde |
| Dam | Cherryola |
| Damsire | Tanzmeister |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1916 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | W. B. Miller |
| Owner | Sam Hildreth |
| Trainer | Sam Hildreth |
| Record | 23 Starts: 14 wins |
| Earnings | $39,706 |
| Major wins | |
| Jockey Club Gold Cup (1919) Southampton Handicap (1919) Stuyvesant Handicap (1919) Brooklyn Derby (1919) Empire City Derby (1919) Huron Handicap (1919) Saratoga Handicap (1919) Saranac Handicap (1919) | |
| Last updated on September 14, 2008 | |
Purchase (foaled in 1916, died 1936), an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was called "The Adonis of the Turf." Walter Vosburgh, the official handicapper for The Jockey Club as well as a turf historian for many years (and for whom the Vosburgh Stakes were named), wrote: "…one of the most exquisitely beautiful of racehorses…to describe Purchase would be to exhaust the superlative."