Piet
SireGrand Slam
GrandsireChance Play
DamValdina Lark
DamsireBlue Larkspur
SexStallion
Foaled1945
CountryUnited States
ColorChestnut
BreederCharles B. Bohn & Peter A. Markey
OwnerBoMar Stable
(C. B. Bohn & P. A. Markey)
TrainerR. Emmett Potts
Record64: 16-9-12
Earnings$257,440
Major wins
Arlington Futurity (1947)
Spalding Lowe Jenkins Stakes (1947)
Richard Johnson Stakes (1947)
Skokie Handicap (1948)
Jamaica Handicap (1949, 1950, 1951)
Whitney Handicap (1950)
Toboggan Handicap (1950)
Bay Shore Handicap (1950)
Apache Handicap (1951)

Piet (foaled 1945) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning three consecutive runnings of the Jamaica Handicap.

Background

Bred by Charles B. Bohn and Peter A. Markey, Piet raced under their nom de course, BoMar Stable. He was sired by multiple stakes winner Grand Slam, a son of 1927 American Horse of the Year Chance Play. His dam was Valdina Lark,[1] a daughter of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who is considered one of the greatest broodmare sires of all time, Blue Larkspur.

Racing career

At age two, Piet won two races in Maryland, taking the 1947 Spalding Lowe Jenkins Stakes and the Richard Johnson Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse but got his most important victory of the year at Chicago's Arlington Park when he won the Arlington Futurity.[1]

In his three-year-old debut, Piet won the Ral Parr Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.[1] His other significant win of 1948 saw him defeat Coaltown in capturing the Skokie Handicap at Washington Park Race Track.[2] In 1949, Piet won the first of his three straight editions of the Jamaica Handicap at Jamaica Racetrack. The following year, in addition to another Jamaica Handicap, Piet also won the Whitney, Toboggan, and Bay Shore Handicaps.[3]

1951 was six-year-old Piet's last year of racing. At the Jamaica Racetrack he won the Apache Handicap then six days later his third consecutive Jamaica Handicap.[4][5] In other top-level 1951 races, Piet notably ran second to Casemate in the Metropolitan Handicap and was third behind winner Arise in the Carter Handicap.[6][7]

Stud record

Retired to stud duty, Piet met with modest success. His last foal was born in 1967.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Piet Makes Auspicious Return To Races in Winning Ral Parr". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1948-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Coaltown Places Third In Race". New York Times, Section Sports, page 42. 1948-07-02. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Piet Captures Toboggan over Olympia as Belmont Opens Meet Before 33,234". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1950-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Piet Finishes with High Speed in Apache Handicap". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1951-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Markey Sprinter Triumphs On Foul". New York Times, Section Sprts, page 42. 1951-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ↑ "Casemate Annexes Met after Mile Run of 1:35 2/5". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1951-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Carter Handicap Taken by Arise". Detroit Free Press, page 24. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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