Hindus (horse)

Hindus (foaled in 1897) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse is best known for winning the 1900 Preakness Stakes. Owned and bred by George J. Long, he was sired by Volante. Hindus was out of the mare Ignite, a daughter of Woodlands.^[1]

Preakness Stakes

The twentyfifth running of the Preakness Stakes was run on Tuesday, May 29, 1900 at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. On that day Hindus went off as the longest shot on the board at odds of 15-1 in the field of ten stakes winning colts. In that race he broke well with a good start in fourth place under jockey Henry Spencer. Rounding the first turn Hindus dropped back to next to last in eighth place under a strong hold by Spencer.^[2] As the race progressed, Hindus laid back in waiting down the entire back stretch and around the final turn.

Near the top of the lane Hindus began a big rush and passed all rivals in the last one sixteenth of a mile. In the end Hindus prevailed at the wire by a short head over runner-up Sarmatian. Sarmation listed at 6-1 outdistanced third-place finisher Ten Candles by three full lengths.^[3]

The final time for the one mile and one sixteenth race on dirt was 1:48-2/5 over a fast track. Hindus won almost 70% of the total purse of $2,500 netting earnings $1,900.^[4]

Racing career

In his three-year-old season in 1900 Hindus also won the Broadway Stakes at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. Records are sketchy in the early days of racing and the only other race that was found was a third-place finish in the Sapphire Stakes at age two.

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