Whisk Broom II
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| Whisk Broom II | ||
 Whisk Broom II |
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| Sire: | Broomstick | |
| Grandsire: | Ben Brush | |
| Dam: | Audience | |
| Damsire: | Sir Dixon | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1907 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Breeder: | Senorita Stud Farm | |
| Owner: | Harry Payne Whitney | |
| Trainer: | Andrew Jackson Joyner (UK) James G. Rowe, Sr. (USA) |
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| Record: | 26:10-7-1 | |
| Earnings: | $37,931 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Select Stakes (1910) Victoria Cup Handicap (1912) Metropolitan Handicap (1913) Brooklyn Handicap (1913) Suburban Handicap (1913) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| 1st New York Handicap Triple Crown Champion (1913) U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1913) United States Horse of the Year (1913) |
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| Honours | ||
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1979) | ||
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Infobox last updated on: January 30, 2007. |
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Whisk Broom II (1907-1928) was American-bred thoroughbred racehorse who raced in the United Kingdom and in the United States. A grandson of Ben Brush, Whisk Broom II was sired by U.S. Hall of Fame stallion Broomstick. He was bred in 1907 by the late Sam S. Brown's Senorita Stud Farm (now the site of the Kentucky Horse Park). Purchased by Harry Payne Whitney, the colt was sent to England with trainer Andrew Jackson Joyner where in his second start he earned his first win in the Prince of Wales Plate at York Racecourse. In four years of English racing, Whisk Broom won 7 of his 23 races, his most important victories coming in the 1910 Select Stakes and at Ascot Racecourse, the 1912 Victoria Cup Handicap.
At age six, Whisk Broom II was brought back to race in the United States where under trainer James G. Rowe, Sr. he became the first of only three horses to win the three races that compose the New York Handicap Triple Crown Series. He won the New York Handicap Triple in 1913, (Metropolitan Handicap, Brooklyn Handicap, Suburban Handicap), a feat unmatched until Tom Fool did it forty years later. In 1961, Kelso and Fit To Fight in 1984 joined them as the only other horses to win the Handicap Triple. For his performances, Whisk Broom II was voted U.S. Champion Older Male Horse and United States Horse of the Year.
Retired to stand at stud, Whisk Broom II sired 26 Graded stakes race winners, including Kentucky Derby winner Whiskery, Preakness Stakes winner Victorian, and was the damsire of Seabiscuit.
In 1979, Whisk Broom II was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
[edit] References
- Whisk Broom II's pedigree & racing stats
- Whisk Broom II at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Categories: 1907 racehorse births | 1928 racehorse deaths | Thoroughbred racehorses | Racehorses bred in Kentucky | Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom racehorses | Racehorses trained in the United States | American racehorses | American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year | United States thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame inductees | Famous horses
