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Broomspun
Broomspun (1918 - June 18, 1921) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, the son of Broomstick out of a Rock Sand mare, Sun Glass.
Broomspun is best known for winning the $43,000 1921 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 16, 1921, in front of a record-breaking crowd.
Two-year-old season.
Broomspun broke his maiden at Aqueduct Racetrack in his second start in the summer of 1920 as a two-year-old. Later that summer,
he won at a mile and an eighth in an allowance race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, in a very fast time. Broomspun did not win again over the next three months and was freshened for the winter.
Three-year-old season.
Broomspun got a late start to his three-year-old season, making his sophomore debut in an allowance race at a mile and one eighth at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack. In that race, he ran second. Later that year, after