Market Wise
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Market Wise was an American Champion Thoroughbred
racehorse
. Bred by Cary T. Grayson
, his dam was On Hand, and his sire was the 1933 Kentucky Derby
winner, Brokers Tip
. He was purchased by New York
contractor Louis Tufano for a meager $1,000. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fnsWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0CIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5814,6527095&dq=pimlico+special+market+wise+third
, the then three-year-old had earned only $4,975 but he upset the favorite King Cole to win the Wood with a powerful come from behind stretch drive. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Op4KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yk0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4799,4308134&dq=wood+memorial+market+wise Flush with over $16,000 in winnings from the race, owner Louis Tufano hired a private railcar
to transport his horse to Louisville, Kentucky
to run in the Derby
. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795191,00.html Market Wise ran third to winner Whirlaway
in the 1941 Kentucky Derby
and second to him in the Dwyer Stakes
. However, Market Wise had a terrific 1941 campaign, later defeating Whirlaway in the 1941 Jockey Club Gold Cup
while setting a new American record for two miles. The colt went on to win the Gallant Fox Handicap
and on September 6th set a new Aqueduct Racetrack
track record in winning the 1⅛ mile Edgemere Handicap
. On October 30, 1941 Market Wise earned his most important win of the year when he won the Pimlico Special
under regular jockey Wendell Eads
. Two weeks later on the same Pimlico Race Course
he won the one and five eights mile Governor Bowie Handicap in track record time. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fnsWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0CIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5814,6527095&dq=market+wise+pimlico+special In the balloting for 1941 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors, Market Wise finished second to U.S. Triple Crown
winner, Whirlaway.
s that was too short for him. Hampered by a foot injury, he then third in the Hialeah Stakes. However, the now four-year-old came back strong in February of 1942 to beat a top field in winning the important McLennan Handicap
at Hialeah Park Race Track
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ObUKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2966,4290399&dq=market+wise+mclennan+handicap He won again a week later on February 29 and then finished off the board after being made the heavy favorite in the March 8th Widener Challenge Cup Handicap
, the most important race for older horses during the Florida winter season. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468128002.html?dids=468128002:468128002&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Mar+06%2C+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MARKET+WISE+IS+HEAVY+FAVORITE+TO+WIN+WIDENER&pqatl=google
Returning north for the summer racing season, Market Wise defeated Whirlaway in the 1942 Suburban Handicap
.
and the Narragansett Special
.
, Market Wise met with modest success as a stallion. In addition to multiple stakes winner, Wise Margin, he sired the very speedy To Market, a colt who in 1952 set two track records for 1¼ miles with a time of 2:01.40 in both the Massachusetts Handicap
at Suffolk Downs
in Boston
and the Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap
at Hawthorne Race Course
in Chicago
. To Market sired Hurry to Market
, the 1963 American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.
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...
. Bred by Cary T. Grayson
Cary Travers Grayson
Admiral Cary Travers Grayson was a surgeon in the United States Navy who served a variety of roles from personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson to chairman of the American Red Cross.-Career:Grayson was born to Dr...
, his dam was On Hand, and his sire was the 1933 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...
winner, Brokers Tip
Brokers Tip
Brokers Tip , by Black Toney out of the French mare Forteresse, was a Thoroughbred racehorse and the only horse in history whose sole win was in the Kentucky Derby...
. He was purchased by New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
contractor Louis Tufano for a meager $1,000. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fnsWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0CIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5814,6527095&dq=pimlico+special+market+wise+third
1941
Trained by George W. Carroll, Market Wise raced in 1940 at age two with little success. Going into the April 26, 1941 Wood Memorial StakesWood Memorial Stakes
The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York. It is currently a Grade I race run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt....
, the then three-year-old had earned only $4,975 but he upset the favorite King Cole to win the Wood with a powerful come from behind stretch drive. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Op4KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yk0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4799,4308134&dq=wood+memorial+market+wise Flush with over $16,000 in winnings from the race, owner Louis Tufano hired a private railcar
Railcar
A railcar, in British English and Australian English, is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach , with a driver's cab at one or both ends. Some railways, e.g., the Great Western...
to transport his horse to Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
to run in the 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...
. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795191,00.html Market Wise ran third to winner Whirlaway
Whirlaway
Whirlaway was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse.The chestnut horse was sired by English Derby winner Blenheim II, out of the broodmare Dustwhirl. Whirlaway was bred at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky....
in the 1941 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...
and second to him in the Dwyer Stakes
Dwyer Stakes
The Dwyer Stakes is an American Grade II stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses held annually at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island, New York. Run in early July, it is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of 1 1/16-miles on dirt...
. However, Market Wise had a terrific 1941 campaign, later defeating Whirlaway in the 1941 Jockey Club Gold Cup
Jockey Club Gold Cup
The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers Stakes is of the...
while setting a new American record for two miles. The colt went on to win the Gallant Fox Handicap
Gallant Fox Handicap
The Gallant Fox Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Ozone Park, Queens, New York...
and on September 6th set a new Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...
track record in winning the 1⅛ mile Edgemere Handicap
Edgemere Handicap
The Edgemere Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race. Inaugurated in 1901 at the old Aqueduct Racetrack, it was open to horses of all ages and contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards. The following year the distance was changed to one mile and one furlong.In 1908,...
. On October 30, 1941 Market Wise earned his most important win of the year when he won the Pimlico Special
Pimlico Special
The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in mid May. It is raced on dirt over a distance of 1³/16 miles . The race is currently open to horses age three and older and offers a purse of $250,000.The Pimlico Special was first run in...
under regular jockey Wendell Eads
Wendell Eads
Wendell W. Eads was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In the early 1940s he was a contract jockey with the prestigious Calumet Farm. Small, even by jockey standards, Eads weighed just 102 pounds and as a result could not control Calumet's extremely high strung but talented colt,...
. Two weeks later on the same Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
he won the one and five eights mile Governor Bowie Handicap in track record time. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fnsWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0CIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5814,6527095&dq=market+wise+pimlico+special In the balloting for 1941 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors, Market Wise finished second to 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...
winner, Whirlaway.
1942
Sent to Florida for the 1941-1942 winter season, Market Wise finished fourth in the January 1942 Kendall Purse, a race at just seven furlongFurlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s that was too short for him. Hampered by a foot injury, he then third in the Hialeah Stakes. However, the now four-year-old came back strong in February of 1942 to beat a top field in winning the important McLennan Handicap
McLennan Handicap
The McLennan Handicap was an American thoroughbred horse race run annually each February from 1934-1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. First run in 1934 as the Joseph McLennan Memorial Handicap, the race was named In honor of the late Joseph "Sandy" McLennan, the former racing...
at Hialeah Park Race Track
Hialeah Park Race Track
The Hialeah Park Race Track is a historic site in Hialeah, Florida. Its site covers 40 square blocks of central-east side Hialeah from Palm Avenue east to East 4th Avenue, and from East 22nd Street on the south to East 32nd Street on the north. On March 5, 1979, it was added to the U.S...
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ObUKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2966,4290399&dq=market+wise+mclennan+handicap He won again a week later on February 29 and then finished off the board after being made the heavy favorite in the March 8th Widener Challenge Cup Handicap
Widener Handicap
The Widener Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida was a Grade III stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses 3-years-old and up. It was run over a distance of 1¼ miles until 1993 when it was modified to 1 1/8 miles. Initially called the Widener Challenge Cup Handicap, the race was...
, the most important race for older horses during the Florida winter season. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/468128002.html?dids=468128002:468128002&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Mar+06%2C+1942&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MARKET+WISE+IS+HEAVY+FAVORITE+TO+WIN+WIDENER&pqatl=google
Returning north for the summer racing season, Market Wise defeated Whirlaway in the 1942 Suburban Handicap
Suburban Handicap
The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
.
1943 Championship year
Market Wise raced at age five in 1943. En route to be voted American Co-Champion Older Male Horse, his most important wins came in the Massachusetts HandicapMassachusetts Handicap
The Massachusetts Handicap, frequently referred to as the "MassCap", is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up held annually at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt. The race received...
and the Narragansett Special
Narragansett Special
The Narragansett Special was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Narragansett Race Track in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. At the time of its inaugural running in 1935, the Narragansett Special offered a purse of $25,000 making it New England's richest horse race Open to horses age three...
.
As a sire
Retired to studStud (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...
, Market Wise met with modest success as a stallion. In addition to multiple stakes winner, Wise Margin, he sired the very speedy To Market, a colt who in 1952 set two track records for 1¼ miles with a time of 2:01.40 in both the Massachusetts Handicap
Massachusetts Handicap
The Massachusetts Handicap, frequently referred to as the "MassCap", is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up held annually at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt. The race received...
at Suffolk Downs
Suffolk Downs
Suffolk Downs, a thoroughbred race track in East Boston, Massachusetts, United States opened in 1935. Famous horses that have raced at this track include Seabiscuit, Whirlaway, Funny Cide and Cigar. The MassCap is held there, as well at the annual Hot Dog Safari...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and the Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap
The Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap is a Grade II race for thoroughbred horses run at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois each year. The Hawthorne Gold Cup trophy has always been made of solid gold....
at Hawthorne Race Course
Hawthorne Race Course
Hawthorne Race Course is a race track for horse racing in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago.The oldest continually-run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America...
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...
. To Market sired Hurry to Market
Hurry to Market
Hurry to Market was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Louise Clements, he was out of Hasty Girl, a daughter of two-time Leading sire in North America, Princequillo...
, the 1963 American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.