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Platter (horse)

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Dam
  
Lets Dine

Foaled
  
1941

Colour
  
Chestnut

Species
  
Equus caballus

Sex
  
Stallion

Breeder
  
George D. Widener, Jr.

Damsire
  
Jack High

Country
  
United States

Owner
  
George D. Widener, Jr.

Trainer
  
Winbert F. Mulholland

Earnings
  
60,930 USD

Grandsire
  

Platter (foaled 1941 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He is best known for his performances as a two-year-old in 1943, when he was the best American colt of his generation.

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Background

He was bred and raced by George D. Widener, Jr., and conditioned for racing by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bert Mulholland,

Racing career

In 1943 he won the Pimlico Futurity under jockey Conn McCreary and was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt by Daily Racing Form. The rival Turf % Sports Digest Magazine poll was topped by Occupy.

As a three-year-old, an injury kept Platter out of racing until early May in an allowance race test. The colt did not run in the 1944 Kentucky Derby but finished second to Pensive in the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes. He was injured in the Belmont Stakes and had to be pulled up.

Stud career

Retired to stud duty, Platter met with limited success. Of his limited number of offspring, Platan met with the most success in racing, notably winning the 1953 Lawrence Realization Stakes and 1955 Arlington Handicap.

References

Platter (horse) Wikipedia


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