Piet (foaled 1945) was an American
Thoroughbred
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racehorse best known for winning three consecutive runnings of the
Jamaica Handicap
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.
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
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. His dam was Valdina Lark,
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
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.
Racing career
At age two, Piet won two races in
Maryland
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, taking the 1947 Spalding Lowe Jenkins Stakes and the Richard Johnson Stakes at
Laurel Park Racecourse
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but got his most important victory of the year at
Chicago's Arlington Park
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when he won the
Arlington Futurity.
[
In his three-year-old debut, Piet won the Ral Parr Stakes at ]Pimlico Race Course
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.[ His other significant win of 1948 saw him defeat Coaltown in capturing the Skokie Handicap at ]Washington Park Race Track
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. In 1949, Piet won the first of his three straight editions of the Jamaica Handicap
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at Jamaica Racetrack. The following year, in addition to another Jamaica Handicap, Piet also won the Whitney Whitney may refer to:
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, Toboggan
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, and Bay Shore Handicap
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s.
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.
In other top-level 1951 races, Piet notably ran second to Casemate in the Metropolitan Handicap
The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile", is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 fu ...
and was third behind winner Arise in the Carter Handicap
The Carter Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of seven furlongs run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Race history
First run in 1895, the race was named for B ...
.
Stud record
Retired to stud
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duty, Piet met with modest success. His last foal was born in 1967.
External links
Piet's pedigree and partial racing stats
References
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1945 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in the United States
Racehorses trained in the United States
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