| Take Wing | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Chicle |
| Grandsire | Spearmint |
| Dam | Eagle Flight |
| Damsire | My Play |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1938 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | 1) Howe Stable 2) Joseph Poncurak 3) W. B. Simpson 4) Clyde Troutt |
| Trainer | Clyde Troutt |
| Record | 197: 38-28-22 |
| Earnings | US$167,820 |
| Major wins | |
| Flossmoor Handicap (1942) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1942) Lincoln Handicap (1943, 1945) Meadowland Handicap (1944, 1945, 1947) Chuckatuck Purse (1946) La Salle Handicap (1947) Crescent City Handicap (1947) National Jockey Club Handicap (1947) | |
Take Wing (foaled 1938) was an American Thoroughbred gelding racehorse claimed for $3,000 [1] and who would then earn more than $160,000 for new owner Clyde Troutt and set a new North American record for a mile and three-sixteenths on turf.[2]