1947 Preakness Stakes


The 1947 Preakness Stakes was the 57th 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 57th 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
Position		Lengths
Behind		Post
Position		Horse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings
1st02FaultlessDouglas DodsonJimmy JonesCalumet Farm4.20-1$98,500
2nd1¼1On TrustJohnny LongdenWilliam MolterEarl O. Stice & Sons8.10-1$20,000
3rd2½8PhalanxSylvester VeitchEddie ArcaroCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney1.10-1$10,000
4th1¼7Jet PilotEric GuerinTom SmithMaine Chance Farm5.60-1$5,000
5th½3RiskolaterWilliam BalzarettiBurton B. WilliamsCircle M Farm 89.30-1
6th19Cosmic BombShelby ClarkWillie BoothWilliam G. Helis Sr.26.20-1
7th15SecnavConn McCrearyHoratio LuroMill River Stable 56.50-1
8thHD4Bullet ProofWayne D. WrightHenry S. ClarkLiz Whitney26.20-1
9th611Cornish KnightAlbert SniderAlbert E. AlexandraE. P. Taylor57.50-1
10thNK6ContestWarren MehrtensMax HirschKing Ranch27.60-1
11th810King BayRobert CampbellRay WhiteBernard J. Bax23.90-1

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.