Bagenbaggage (foaled 1923 in Kentucky) was an American

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multiple Derby-winning racehorse who was bred and owned by the

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of Edward R. Bradley. At the time a major force in Thoroughbred racing, Bradley's horses would win the

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four times.

Racing career

Competing as a three-year-old in 1926, Bagenbaggage's primary jockey was future

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inductee, Eric Blind. With the eighteen-year-old Blind aboard, the

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colt set a new track record in winning the 1926

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, won the

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, and ran second to his stablemate in the

. In a year when the

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was run before the Kentucky Derby, Bagenbaggage had won four straight races by three or more lengths when he inexplicably ran eighth in the Preakness behind winner,

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. Bagenbaggage was retired to stud duty after the end of his three-year-old campaign.''Daily Racing Form'' April 18, 1927 article titled "Bradley Cracks In Stud"
Retrieved August 4, 2018 He was unsuccessful as a sire.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 1923 racehorse births Thoroughbred family A27 Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States