Prairie Bayou

Prairie Bayou
Sire	Little Missouri
Grandsire	Cox's Ridge
Dam	Whiffling
Damsire	Wavering Monarch
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	March 4, 1990 Wintergreen Farm Georgetown, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 5, 1993 (aged 3) Elmont, New York, U.S.
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Loblolly Stable
Owner	Loblolly Stable
Trainer	Thomas Bohannan
Record	12:7-3-0
Earnings	$1,450,621
Major wins
Count Fleet Stakes (1993) Whirlaway Stakes (1993) Jim Beam Stakes (1993) Blue Grass Stakes (1993) American Triple Crown wins: Preakness Stakes (1993) Kentucky Derby 2nd (1993)
Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1993)
Honours
Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway Park
Last updated on August 4, 2007

Prairie Bayou (March 4, 1990 – June 5, 1993) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse owned and bred by Loblolly Stable of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas. Named for a bayou between Little Rock and Hot Springs in Arkansas, he was sired by Little Missouri and out of the mare Whiffling. Owned by Loblolly Stable, after Prairie Bayou's success on the racetrack, including the 1993 Preakness Stakes, Calumet Farm purchased Whiffling in foal to Danzig for $1,050,000 at the 1994 Keeneland November Sale.

Early racing career

At age two Prairie Bayou won a maiden race and an allowance race. He went on to place second in his next two starts in stakes races. He finished as the runner-up in both the Inner Harbor Stakes and the Pappa Riccio Stakes. As a three-year-old he really began to show promise. He won the Count Fleet Stakes and the Whirlaway Stakes at Aqueduct in the first quarter of 1993. In March Prairie Bayou won the Spriral Stakes at Turfway Park. In April he won the grade one Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. Leading up to the 1993 Kentucky Derby, Prairie Bayou was made the betting favorite for the Derby, as well as for the other two Triple Crown races, Prairie Bayou was ridden by jockey Mike Smith. A come-from-behind horse, in the Derby he was caught far back in the large field for most of the race. In the final quarter, the gelding had to move to the far outside in order to make a strong stretch run that earned him a second-place finish behind Sea Hero.

Preakness Stakes and Death

Prairie Bayou came back to win the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, but then broke down in the Belmont Stakes and was euthanized. Mike Smith, the jockey aboard Prairie Bayou, leaped off the horse as he broke down, and was unable as a result to pull him up and avoid further injury. He is buried at Longfield Farm near Goshen, Kentucky.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Prairie Bayou

Sire Little Missouri chestnut 1982	Cox's Ridge bay 1974	Best Turn brown 1966	Turn-To
			Sweet Clementine
		Our Martha chestnut 1961	Ballydonnell
			Corday
	Win Nona Chestnut 1976	Jacinto brown 1962	Bold Ruler
			Cascade
		Constance Black bay 1957	On Trust
			Perception
Dam Whiffling bay 1985	Wavering Monarch bay 1979	Majestic Light bay 1973	Majestic Prince
			Irradiate
		Uncommitted bay 1974	Buckpasser
			Lady Be Good
	Queen's Gambit dark brown 1972	Bold Ruler brown 1954	Nasrullah
			Miss Disco
		So Social bay 1964	Tim Tam
			His Duchess

External links

• Prairie Bayou's pedigree and partial racing stats