Mad Play
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Mad Play | |
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Sire | Fair Play |
Grandsire | Hastings |
Dam | Mad Cap |
Damsire | Rock Sand |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1921 |
Country | USA |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | August Belmont, Jr. |
Owner | Rancocas Stable |
Trainer | Sam Hildreth |
Record | |
Earnings | $118,760 |
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
Major Racing Wins | |
Brookdale Handicap (1924) Continental Handicap (1924) Yorktown Handicap (1924) Brooklyn Handicap (1925) Saratoga Cup Handicap (1925) Queens County Handicap (1925) American Classic Race wins: |
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Infobox last updated on: September 21, 2007. |
Mad Play (foaled 1921 in Kentucky) was an American-bred Thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Bred by August Belmont, Jr., he was sired by the great Fair Play, which made him a half brother to Man o' War, out of another Rock Sand mare, Mad Cap. He was a full brother to 1921 U.S. Champion Older Male Horse Mad Hatter.
Trained by Sam Hildreth and ridden by Earl Sande, as a three-year-old Mad Play came in third in the Preakness Stakes and second in the Dwyer Stakes, but is best known for winning the Belmont Stakes as the favorite in a wire to wire victory by 1 1/2 lengths, making it a third win for his owner, Harry Sinclair, of Rancocas Stable.
He placed third in the International Special No. 3 that year at Latonia Race Track in Convington, Kentucky, losing to Sarazen.
At four, he won the Brooklyn Handicap, the Saratoga Cup Handicap, and the Queens County Handicap.
[edit] Retirement
Upon retirement Mad Play, was found to be completely sterile.