Mad Play

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Mad Play


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sire = Fair Play
grandsire = Hastings
dam = Mad Cap
damsire = Rock Sand
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1921
country = USA flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = August Belmont, Jr.
owner = Rancocas Stable
trainer = Sam Hildreth
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earnings = $118,760
race = Brookdale Handicap (1924)
Continental Handicap (1924)
Yorktown Handicap (1924)
Brooklyn Handicap (1925)
Saratoga Cup Handicap (1925)
Queens County Handicap (1925)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1924)

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updated= September 21, 2007

Mad Play (foaled 1921 in Kentucky) was an American-bred Thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Bred by August Belmont, Jr., he was sired by the great Fair Play, which made him a half brother to Man o' War, out of another Rock Sand mare, Mad Cap. He was a full brother to 1921 U.S. Champion Older Male Horse Mad Hatter.

Trained by Sam Hildreth and ridden by Earl Sande, as a three-year-old Mad Play came in third in the Preakness Stakes and second in the Dwyer Stakes, but is best known for winning the Belmont Stakes as the favorite in a wire to wire victory by 1 1/2 lengths, making it a third win for his owner, Harry Sinclair, of Rancocas Stable.

He placed third in the International Special No. 3 that year at Latonia Race Track in Convington, Kentucky, losing to Sarazen.

At four, he won the Brooklyn Handicap, the Saratoga Cup Handicap, and the Queens County Handicap.

Retirement

Upon retirement Mad Play, was found to be completely sterile.

Resources

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/mad+play Pedigree & Part Stats]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/FairPlay.html TB Heritage Fairplay - Mad Play]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,718529,00.html Time Mad Play's Belmont]