Bagenbaggage Explained

Horsename:Bagenbaggage
Sire:Under Fire
Grandsire:Swynford
Dam:Blushing Beauty
Damsire:Cunard
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:1923
Country:United States
Colour:Bay
Breeder:Idle Hour Stock Farm
Owner:Idle Hour Stock Farm Stable
Trainer:William A. Hurley
Record:15: 7-5-0
Earnings:US$49,395
Race:Latonia Derby (1936)
Louisiana Derby (1936)
St. Valentine Handicap (1936)
Midway Purse (1936)

U.S. Triple Crown series:
Kentucky Derby (2nd)
Preakness Stakes (8th)

Bagenbaggage (foaled 1923 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred multiple Derby-winning racehorse who was bred and owned by the Idle Hour Stock Farm of Edward R. Bradley. At the time a major force in Thoroughbred racing, Bradley's horses would win the Kentucky Derby four times.[1]

Racing career

Competing as a three-year-old in 1926, Bagenbaggage's primary jockey was future Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Eric Blind. With the eighteen-year-old Blind aboard, the bay colt set a new track record in winning the 1926 Louisiana Derby, won the Latonia Derby, and ran second to his stablemate in the Kentucky Derby.[2] [3] [4] In a year when the Preakness Stakes was run before the Kentucky Derby, Bagenbaggage had won four straight races by three or more lengths when he inexplicably ran eighth in the Preakness behind winner, Display.[5]

Bagenbaggage was retired to stud duty after the end of his three-year-old campaign.[6] He was unsuccessful as a sire.

Notes and References

  1. https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1926060501/drf1926060501_9_3 Daily Racing Form, Latonia, June 5, 1926
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1926/03/18/archives/louisiana-derby-to-bagenbaggage-cuts-track-record-in-beating-own-st.html New York Times March 18, 1926 article titled "Louisiana Derby to Bagenbaggage; Cuts Track Record
  3. https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1926060701/drf1926060701_1_4 Daily Racing Form June 7, 1926 article titled "Bagenbaggage Triumphs in Latonia Derby"
  4. https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1926051701/drf1926051701_1_2 Daily Racing Form May 17, 1926 Kentucky Derby results chart
  5. https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1926051201/drf1926051201_2_1 Daily Racing Form May 12, 1926 article titled "Here and There on the Turf: Displays Preakness"
  6. https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1927041801/drf1927041801_1_5 Daily Racing Form April 18, 1927 article titled "Bradley Cracks In Stud"