Pilaster_(horse)

Pilaster (horse)

Pilaster (horse)

American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Pilasater (foaled 1944 in Maryland) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Maryland-Bred Hall of Fame in 1967.[1] He was bred and raced by Henry L. Straus and trained by Frank Bonsal.

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Breeding

Pilaster was sired by Pilate, a son of the 1916 American Horse of the Year and Belmont Stakes winner Friar Rock. His dam was Air Cooled, whose sire (Jacopo) was the 1930 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in England.[2]

Racing career

Pilaster enjoyed considerable racing success from age four through eight. On February 16, 1952, the 8-year-old gelding won the Miami Beach Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track in Florida.[3] He was retired at the end of the year, after winning 29 career races and earnings totalling US$259,800.

References

  1. [1]
    Baltimore Sun - December 15, 1967
  2. [2]
    Pilaster's pedigree
  3. [3]
    New York Times - February 17, 1952
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