Bostonian (horse)

Bostonian
SireBroomstick
GrandsireBen Brush
DamYankee Maid
DamsirePeter Pan
SexStallion
Foaled1924
CountryUnited States
ColourBlack
BreederHarry Payne Whitney
OwnerHarry Payne Whitney
TrainerFred Hopkins
Record29: 5-6-6
Earnings$88,440
Major wins
Riggs Memorial Handicap (1927) Triple Crown wins:
Preakness Stakes (1927)
Last updated on June 5, 2011

Bostonian (foaled in 1924) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of Broomstick out of a Peter Pan mare Yankee Maid, Bostonian is best remembered for posting a 1-1/2 length win over his stablemate and Kentucky Derby Champion Whiskery in the mile and three sixteenth $65,000 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 9, 1927 [1]

  1. ^ Daily Racing Form, Tuesday, May 10, 1927.; Chart of the Race