1947 Preakness Stakes Explained

57th Preakness Stakes
Horse Race:Preakness Stakes
Location:Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
Winning Horse:Faultless
Winning Time:1:59 0/0
Winning Jockey:Douglas Dodson
Winning Trainer:Jimmy Jones
Winning Owner:Calumet Farm
Surface:Dirt
Conditions:Three-year-olds, 126 lbs.
Previous:1946
Next:1948

The 1947 Preakness Stakes was the 57th running of the $100,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series took place on May 10, 1947, and was run seven days after the 1947 Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Douglas Dodson, who was praised by the Daily Racing Form for a smart ride, Faultless won the mile and three sixteenths race by one and a quarter lengths over runner-up On Trust with the betting favorite Phalanx in third. Jet Pilot, winner of the Kentucky Derby, finished fourth. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:59 flat.[1] [2]

Payout

The 57th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Horse Name
Win
Place
Show
Faultless$10.40 $4.80 $2.80
On Trust-$7.00 $3.40
Phalanx$2.20

The full chart

1947 Preakess Stakes scheduled starters, jockeys, trainers, owners[3]

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Finish
Position
Lengths
Behind
Post
Position
Horse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings
1st02FaultlessDouglas DodsonJimmy JonesCalumet Farm4.20-1$98,500
2nd1On TrustJohnny LongdenWilliam MolterEarl O. Stice & Sons8.10-1$20,000
3rd8PhalanxSylvester VeitchEddie ArcaroCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney1.10-1 $10,000
4th7Jet PilotEric GuerinTom SmithMaine Chance Farm5.60-1 $5,000
5th½ 3RiskolaterWilliam Balzaretti Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore) 89.30-1
6th19Cosmic BombShelby ClarkWillie BoothWilliam G. Helis Sr.26.20-1
7th15Secnav Horatio LuroMill River Stable (Josephine Hartford Douglas)56.50-1
8thHD4Bullet ProofHenry S. ClarkLiz Whitney26.20-1
9th611Cornish Knight Albert E. AlexandraE. P. Taylor57.50-1
10thNK6ContestWarren MehrtensMax HirschKing Ranch27.60-1
11th810King Bay Robert Campbell Ray White Bernard J. Bax23.90-1
2/5; 1/2 mile – 0:47 1/5; 3/4 mile – 1:12 1/5; mile – 1:39 1/5; 1 3/16 – 1:59 0/0.

Clem McCarthy's Blunder

During the homestretch of the Preakness, radio broadcaster Clem McCarthy mistakenly called Jet Pilot the leader and eventually the winner until Clem made a big mistake, and later apologize to the radio audience and correctly named Faultless the winner.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pimlico/Laurel 2017 Media Guide . Maryland Jockey Club . 2018-01-01 . 2018-08-12 .
  2. Web site: Official Racing Charts: Pimlico. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives . 1947-05-12 . 2018-11-07.
  3. Web site: Field for Fifty-Seventh Preakness . Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives . 1947-05-10 . 2018-11-07.