Lamplighter (horse)

Lamplighter
Lamplighter
Sire	Spendthrift
Grandsire	Australian
Dam	Torchlight
Damsire	Speculum
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1889
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Spendthrift Stud; (Overton H. Chenault)
Owner	1) Samuel S. Brown; 2) Pierre Lorillard; 3) Gottfried Walbaum
Trainer	1) ; 2) John Huggins
Record	66: 29-15-9
Earnings	US$88,545
Major wins
	First Special Stakes (1892, 1893); Second Special Stakes (1892); Twin City Handicap (1892); Thistle Stakes (1892; Champion Stakes (1892); Fall Stakes (1893); Labor Day Stakes (1893); (1893); Standard Stakes (1893); Maturity Stakes (1893)
Awards
	American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse (1893)
Honors
	Lamplighter Stakes at Monmouth Park

Lamplighter (foaled 1889 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse for whom the Lamplighter Stakes at Monmouth Park Racetrack is named.^[1]

Racing career[]

Bred by Overton Chenault's breeding partnership at his Spendthrift Stud in Lexington, Kentucky, Lamplighter was purchased by Samuel Brown who raced him as a two-year-old and into late summer of his three-year-old season under the care of future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, . On August 10, 1892, the day after Lamplighter's win in the Champion Stakes at Monmouth Park Racetrack, Samuel Brown sold Lamplighter to Pierre Lorillard for $30,000.^[2] Under new trainer John Huggins, Lamplighter continued to compete successfully and would be named the 1893 American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse. In August 1893, Pierre Lorillard sold Lamplighter to Saratoga Race Course owner Gottfried "Dutch Fred" Walbaum.^[3] In September Walbaum organized a match race between Lamplighter and the Marcus Daly owned Tammany. A major event, the Boston Sunday Post reported that "The Betting About Even" and opined that it was "Sure To Be One Of the Greatest Matches In The History of Racing" ^[4] Tammany who won by four lengths.

Pedigree[]

Pedigree of Lamplighter, brown horse, 1889
Sire Spendthrift	Australian	West Australian	Melbourne
		West Australian	Mowerina
		Emilia	Young Emilius
		Emilia	Persian
	Aerolite	Lexington	Boston
		Lexington	Alice Carneal
		Florine	Glencoe
		Florine	Melody
Dam Torchlight	Speculum	Vedette	Voltiguer
		Vedette	Mrs. Ridgway
		Doralice	Orlando
		Doralice	Preserve
	Midnight	King Tom	Harkaway
		King Tom	Pocahantas
		Starlight	Kremlin
		Starlight	Evening Star (family: 14-e)

References[]

^ "Lamplighter With Simms Up". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
^ "Gossip of the Race Track". New York Times. 1892-08-29. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
^ "Cherry and Black; The Career of Mr. Pierre Lorillard on the Turf". W. S. Vosburgh. 1916-01-01. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
^ "$1,000,000 On A Horse Race". Boston Sunday Post. 1893-09-24. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

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[1] "Lamplighter With Simms Up". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

[2] "Gossip of the Race Track". New York Times. 1892-08-29. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

[3] "Cherry and Black; The Career of Mr. Pierre Lorillard on the Turf". W. S. Vosburgh. 1916-01-01. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

[4] "$1,000,000 On A Horse Race". Boston Sunday Post. 1893-09-24. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

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