Mate (horse)
Encyclopedia
Mate was an American Thoroughbred
racehorse
best known for winning the 1931 Preakness Stakes
. From modest parentage, he was bred and raced by Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.
, whose grandfather was a founding partner of Standard Oil
.
Mate was trained by Jim Healy and had to race against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune
newspaper called the "big four" in racing which included Twenty Grand
, Jamestown
, and Equipoise
. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/457623722.html?dids=457623722:457623722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+22%2C+1931&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=CHICAGO+TO+SEE+3+YEAR+OLD+TURF+CHAMP+CROWNED&pqatl=google At age two, Mate won several races including two from the most important for his age group, the Breeders' Futurity Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. The following year, in what was the first leg of the 1931 U.S. Triple Crown
series, on May 9th Mate beat Twenty Grand to win Preakness Stakes while equaling the stakes record. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1HQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6IgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3609,1894008&dq=mate+preakness&hl=en That year's Kentucky Derby
was then run on May 16 and won by Twenty Grand with Mate finishing third behind runner-up, Sweep All. He did not run in the Belmont Stakes
but went on to win the prestigious American Derby
in Chicago
and beat Twenty Grand for the second time while winning the Arlington Classic
in which he set a new Arlington Park
track record of 2:02 2-5 for 1¼ miles on dirt. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C12FC3C5F1B728DDDA00994DF405B818FF1D3
Racing in 1932 and 1933, at age four and five, Mate won the 1933 Thanksgiving Day Handicap at Bowie Race Track
, a race he had previously won as a three-year-old. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D16F7395E1B7A93C5AB178AD95F458385F9 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0716F6385B137A93C3A91789D95F478385F9 and had second and third-place finishes in some of the major racing events including the Brooklyn
and Metropolitan Handicap
s.
at Ascot Racecourse
. He first ran in the Newbury Spring Cup in mid April without showing well, then finished third in the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom Downs
and was second on the same racecourse in the Coronation Cup
but out of the money in June's Ascot Gold Cup
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T-QcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=No4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4909,6312814&dq=mate+bostwick&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V8ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6JgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4862,3475080&dq=mate+bostwick&hl=en Mate won his first and only stakes in England on October 19, 1934, capturing the Challenge Stakes
at Newmarket Racecourse
. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40612FB3D5D1B728DDDA00994D8415B848FF1D3
Retired to stud
duty, from a limited number of offspring, Mate most notably sired Elkridge, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee who was the American Champion Steeplechase Horse in 1942 and 1946. http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Champs/AmChampSteeplechaser.html
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
best known for winning the 1931 Preakness Stakes
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
. From modest parentage, he was bred and raced by Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.
Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.
Albert Carlton Bostwick, Jr. was a member of the wealthy and prominent Bostwick family who became a steeplechase jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner, breeder and trainer.-Biography:...
, whose grandfather was a founding partner of Standard Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
.
Mate was trained by Jim Healy and had to race against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
newspaper called the "big four" in racing which included Twenty Grand
Twenty Grand
Twenty Grand was an American thoroughbred race horse. Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans out of Bonus.- Racing career :Trained at age three by James G. Rowe, Jr...
, Jamestown
Jamestown (horse)
Jamestown was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by George D. Widener, Jr., an Exemplar of Racing and someone described by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper as "one of thoroughbred racing's most respected horsemen." Bred in Kentucky, Jamestown's racing success...
, and Equipoise
Equipoise (horse)
Equipoise was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse, a chestnut bred in the United States by Harry Payne Whitney and owned by his son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney...
. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/457623722.html?dids=457623722:457623722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+22%2C+1931&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=CHICAGO+TO+SEE+3+YEAR+OLD+TURF+CHAMP+CROWNED&pqatl=google At age two, Mate won several races including two from the most important for his age group, the Breeders' Futurity Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. The following year, in what was the first leg of the 1931 U.S. Triple Crown
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
In the United States, the "Triple Crown" is usually the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.While Daily Racing Form...
series, on May 9th Mate beat Twenty Grand to win Preakness Stakes while equaling the stakes record. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1HQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6IgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3609,1894008&dq=mate+preakness&hl=en That year's Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
was then run on May 16 and won by Twenty Grand with Mate finishing third behind runner-up, Sweep All. He did not run in the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...
but went on to win the prestigious American Derby
American Derby
The American Derby is a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States run annually at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The inaugural American Derby was held at the city's old Washington Park race track and raced there until 1905 when the facility was closed and the track demolished....
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and beat Twenty Grand for the second time while winning the Arlington Classic
Arlington Classic
The Arlington Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-old horses held annually at the end of June at Arlington Park race track near Chicago, Illinois...
in which he set a new Arlington Park
Arlington Park
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...
track record of 2:02 2-5 for 1¼ miles on dirt. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C12FC3C5F1B728DDDA00994DF405B818FF1D3
Racing in 1932 and 1933, at age four and five, Mate won the 1933 Thanksgiving Day Handicap at Bowie Race Track
Bowie Race Track
The Bowie Race Track was a horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. Opened October 1, 1914 by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Society, the racetrack was a major attraction in the area, serving the now defunct WB&A Railroad that drew passengers from New York,...
, a race he had previously won as a three-year-old. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D16F7395E1B7A93C5AB178AD95F458385F9 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0716F6385B137A93C3A91789D95F478385F9 and had second and third-place finishes in some of the major racing events including the Brooklyn
Brooklyn Handicap
The Brooklyn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to three-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt....
and Metropolitan Handicap
Metropolitan Handicap
The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile," is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May 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 .The Met Mile was first...
s.
Racing in England
In 1934, the then six-year-old mate was sent to England with the ultimate goal of winning the Ascot Gold CupAscot Gold Cup
The Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June....
at Ascot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse is a famous English racecourse, located in the small town of Ascot, Berkshire, used for thoroughbred horse racing. It is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting 9 of the UK's 32 annual Group 1 races...
. He first ran in the Newbury Spring Cup in mid April without showing well, then finished third in the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom Downs
Epsom Downs
Epsom Downs is an area of chalk upland near Epsom, Surrey; in the North Downs. Part of the area is taken up by the racecourse, the gallops are part of the land purchased by Stanly Wootton in 1925 in oder that racehorses can be trained without interference. It is open to users such as ramblers,...
and was second on the same racecourse in the Coronation Cup
Coronation Cup
The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June....
but out of the money in June's Ascot Gold Cup
Ascot Gold Cup
The Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June....
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T-QcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=No4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4909,6312814&dq=mate+bostwick&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V8ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6JgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4862,3475080&dq=mate+bostwick&hl=en Mate won his first and only stakes in England on October 19, 1934, capturing the Challenge Stakes
Challenge Stakes
The Challenge Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.The event was established in 1878, and the...
at Newmarket Racecourse
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40612FB3D5D1B728DDDA00994D8415B848FF1D3
Retired to stud
Stud (animal)
A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species usually imply that the animal is entire—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring...
duty, from a limited number of offspring, Mate most notably sired Elkridge, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
inductee who was the American Champion Steeplechase Horse in 1942 and 1946. http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Champs/AmChampSteeplechaser.html