Pilasater was an American

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 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 racehorse who was inducted into the Maryland-Bred Hall of Fame in 1967. He was bred and raced by Henry L. Straus and trained by Frank Bonsal.

Breeding

Pilaster was sired by Pilate, a son of the 1916 American Horse of the Year and 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...

 winner Friar Rock

Friar Rock

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. His dam was Air Cooled, whose sire (Jacopo) was the 1930 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in England.

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

Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap

The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race open to horses aged three and older that was run each year at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida until the track closed at the end of the 2001 racing season...

 at Hialeah Park Race Track

Hialeah Park Race Track

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 in Florida

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. He was retired at the end of the year, after winning 29 career races and earnings totalling US$

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259,800.