The 1947 Preakness Stakes was the 72nd running of the $100,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series took place on May 10, 1947, and was run seven days after the 1947 Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Douglas Dodson, who was praised by the Daily Racing Form for a smart ride, Faultless won the mile and three sixteenths race by one and a quarter lengths over runner-up On Trust with the betting favorite Phalanx in third. Jet Pilot, winner of the Kentucky Derby, finished fourth. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:59 flat.
Payout The 72nd Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule Horse Name Win Place Show Faultless $10.40 $4.80 $2.80 On Trust - $7.00 $3.40 Phalanx $2.20
The full chart 1947 Preakess Stakes scheduled starters, jockeys, trainers, owners
Finish PositionLengths BehindPost PositionHorse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings1st02 Faultless Douglas Dodson Jimmy Jones Calumet Farm4.20-1$98,5002nd1¼ 1 On Trust Johnny Longden William Molter Earl O. Stice & Sons8.10-1$20,0003rd2½ 8 Phalanx Sylvester Veitch Eddie Arcaro Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney1.10-1 $10,0004th1¼ 7 Jet Pilot Eric Guerin Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm5.60-1 $5,0005th½ 3 Riskolater William Balzaretti Burton B. Williams Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore) 89.30-1 6th19 Cosmic Bomb Shelby Clark Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr.26.20-17th15 Secnav Conn McCreary Horatio Luro Mill River Stable (Josephine Hartford Douglas)56.50-18thHD4 Bullet Proof Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Liz Whitney26.20-19th611 Cornish Knight Albert Snider Albert E. Alexandra E. P. Taylor57.50-1 10thNK6 Contest Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch27.60-1 11th810 King Bay Robert Campbell Ray White Bernard J. Bax23.90-1
Winning breeder: Calumet Farm (KY) Times: 1/4 mile 0:23 2/5; 1/2 mile – 0:47 1/5; 3/4 mile – 1:12 1/5; mile – 1:39 1/5; 1 3/16 – 1:59 0/0. Track condition: fast
Clem McCarthy's Blunder During the homestretch of the Preakness, radio broadcaster Clem McCarthy mistakenly called Jet Pilot the leader and eventually the winner until Clem made a big mistake, and later apologize to the radio audience and correctly named Faultless the winner.
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