| Jackson Bend | |
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| Sire | Hear No Evil |
| Grandsire | Carson City |
| Dam | Sexy Stockings |
| Damsire | Tabasco Cat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2007 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Jacks or Better Farm Inc. |
| Owner | Robert LaPenta |
| Trainer | Nick Zito |
| Record | 20: 7-5-2 |
| Earnings | US$1,062,450 |
| Major wins | |
| In Reality Stakes (2009) Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes (2009) Affirmed Handicap (2009) Dr. Fager Stakes (2009) James Marvin Stakes (2011) Forego Stakes (2011) |
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| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
| Last updated on September 4, 2011 | |
Jackson Bend (foaled 2007 in Florida) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best remembered as the horse that finished third to Lookin At Lucky in the Grade I $1,100,000 Preakness Stakes a Classic U.S. Triple Crown race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Bred by Jacks or Better Farm Inc. in Ocala, Florida, he was out of the mare Sexy Stockings, whose sire was Tabasco Cat, was a Dual Classic winner of the 1994.
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Jackson Bend started his career off with five wins in his first six races including four stakes races all card at Calder Race Course. Those stakes races included the In Reality Stakes at 8½ furlongs, the Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes, a 6 furlong sprint, the Affirmed Stakes at seven furlongs and another six furlong sprint in the Dr. Fager Stakes.
Jackson Bend had an impressive record in his sophomore season in 2010 despite not winning a race. In January he ran a game second in the grade three Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park at a mile on the dirt. In February he wheeled back into another runner-up finish in the Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes at one mile and one eighth at Gulfstream to grade one winning Eskendereya. In April he stepped up in class and ran second again to Eskendereya in the Grade I $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York at a mile and an eighth.
After five wins and three graded stakes placings his owner Robert LaPenta and his trainer Nick Zito decided to run him in the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the $1,000,000 Preakness Stakes a Grade I at Pimlico Race Course at a mile and three sixteenths on conventional dirt. In that race Jackson Bend broke well and stalked the leaders in third behind First Dude and Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver passing the grandstand for the first time. He continued in third along the rail down the backstretch and then around the final turn Eclipse Champion Lookin At Lucky and Caracortado passed him on the outside. Rushing down the lane Jackson Bend swept across five paths to the outside passing Super Saver and Caracortado. In the final 1/16 of a mile he continued to close on the leaders and finished third by less than a length to Lookin At Lucky and by only a scant nose for the place spot to First Dude.
In 2011 Jackson Bend ran second in the Grade III Skip Away Stakes at Gulfstream Park at a mile and three sixteenths on conventional dirt. In his next race, Jackson Bend finished third in the Memorial Day Handicap a $75,000 Stakes race run at one and one sixteenth miles on the dirt at Calder Race Course on May 30, 2011. On July 22, 2011, Jackson Bend won the $75,000 James Marvin Stakes at seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in 1:20.91. On September 3, 2011, Jackson Bend won the grade one Forego Handicap.