Alsab

Alsab (1939–1963) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.[1]

Alsab
Alsab winning over Whirlaway in 1942
SireGood Goods
GrandsireNeddie
DamWinds Chant
DamsireWildair
SexStallion
Foaled1939
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederTom Piatt
OwnerAlbert Sabath
TrainerSarge Swenke
Record51: 25-11-5
Earnings$350,015
Major wins
Eastern Shore Handicap (1941)
Walden Stakes (1941)
Washington Park Futurity (1941)
Champagne Stakes (1941)
Mayflower Stakes (1941)
American Derby (1942)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1942)
New York Handicap (1942)
Withers Stakes (1942)
U.S. Triple Crown series:
Preakness Stakes (1942)
Awards
U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1941)
U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1942)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1976)
#65 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Last updated on April 28, 2007

Background

Alsab was bred in Kentucky by Thomas Piatt. His sire was Good Goods, and his dam was Winds Chant. Buyers were not interested in him, and Alsab was sold in 1940 for only $700 to Albert Sabath. He was named after his new owner. [2]

Racing career

As a two-year-old, Alsab won the Washington Park Futurity, Champagne Stakes, and Mayflower Stakes.

In his three-year-old season, he was ridden by Basil James. He finished second to Shut Out in the Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes.[3] In the third leg of the Triple Crown he finished second to Shut Out in the Belmont Stakes.

On September 19, 1942, Alsab defeated the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown Champion Whirlaway in a match race at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[4]

Assessment and awards

Alsab was voted the 1941 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He also won 1942 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt honors.

In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Alsab was voted #65. In 1976, he was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Pedigree
Pedigree of Alsab
Sire
Good Goods

bay 1931

 Neddie

black 1926

 Colin Commando
Pastorella
Black Flag Light Brigade
Misplay
Brocastelle

bay 1915

 Radium Bend Or
Taia
Pietra Pietermaritzburg
Briar-Root
Dam
Winds Chant

brown 1931

 Wildair

bay 1917

 Broomstick Ben Brush
Elf
Verdure Peter Pan
Pastorella
Eulogy

bay 1913

 Fair Play Hastings
Fairy Gold
St. Eudora St. Simon
Dorothea

References
  1. Alsab at the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
  2. Tower, Whitney (20 August 1956). "Sires, Sales, and the Challenge". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. The Portsmouth Times - 10 May 1942
  4. Lawrence Journal-World - September 21, 1942


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