Kalitan (USA)
1914 – 1935
Rey Hindoo (USA) x Dally (USA), by Giganteum (GB)
Family 12-b*
1914 – 1935
Rey Hindoo (USA) x Dally (USA), by Giganteum (GB)
Family 12-b*
One of the more obscure winners of the Preakness Stakes, Kalitan is more notable for his owner, the popular Edward Riley Bradley, than for his own accomplishments. He won no other races of any importance and made no impact as a sire.
Race record
Unknown
1917:
As an individual
A bay horse; no other data available.
As a stallion
According to Jockey Club records, Kalitan sired only 27 foals, of which only one ever started; none won.
Connections
Foaled in California, Kalitan was bred by Lawrence and Comstock. He was owned by Edward Riley Bradley and trained by William Hurley.
Pedigree notes
Kalitan is outcrossed through five generations. His dam Dally produced nothing else of any importance. Her dam Dal (by Mortemer) was similarly undistinguished but was a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Redstone (by Woodlawn). Dal's dam Katie Pearce (by Leamington) won the 1874 Young America Stakes, a race of some importance in the West, and is a half sister to multiple stakes winner Louisette (by Glenelg; dam of multiple stakes winner Prince George II, by Sensation) and juvenile stakes winner Preciosa (by Glenelg; dam of juvenile stakes winner Moderiocia, by Sir Modred).
*The tail-female line to which Kalitan belongs traditionally has been traced to a mare foaled in the early to mid-1760s by Jack of Diamonds out of Diana, a 1754 mare by the Cullen Arabian who is considered to be the foundation mare of Bruce Lowe family 12-b. However, modern research into mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed only through the direct female line, indicates that an error occurred in the recorded female line somewhere in the eight generations between Diana and an unnamed daughter of imported Tranby who was foaled in 1835. Adding to the confusion, a second line of descent erroneously attributed to Diana also traces to a daughter of Jack of Diamonds who cannot be either identical to or a full sister of the mare who is the ancestor of Kalitan because the two’s known descendants have different mtDNA haplotypes.
Books and media
Kalitan is profiled in Chapter 4 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
Last updated: October 27, 2024
Race record
Unknown
1917:
- Won Preakness Stakes (USA, 9FD, Pimlico)
As an individual
A bay horse; no other data available.
As a stallion
According to Jockey Club records, Kalitan sired only 27 foals, of which only one ever started; none won.
Connections
Foaled in California, Kalitan was bred by Lawrence and Comstock. He was owned by Edward Riley Bradley and trained by William Hurley.
Pedigree notes
Kalitan is outcrossed through five generations. His dam Dally produced nothing else of any importance. Her dam Dal (by Mortemer) was similarly undistinguished but was a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Redstone (by Woodlawn). Dal's dam Katie Pearce (by Leamington) won the 1874 Young America Stakes, a race of some importance in the West, and is a half sister to multiple stakes winner Louisette (by Glenelg; dam of multiple stakes winner Prince George II, by Sensation) and juvenile stakes winner Preciosa (by Glenelg; dam of juvenile stakes winner Moderiocia, by Sir Modred).
*The tail-female line to which Kalitan belongs traditionally has been traced to a mare foaled in the early to mid-1760s by Jack of Diamonds out of Diana, a 1754 mare by the Cullen Arabian who is considered to be the foundation mare of Bruce Lowe family 12-b. However, modern research into mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed only through the direct female line, indicates that an error occurred in the recorded female line somewhere in the eight generations between Diana and an unnamed daughter of imported Tranby who was foaled in 1835. Adding to the confusion, a second line of descent erroneously attributed to Diana also traces to a daughter of Jack of Diamonds who cannot be either identical to or a full sister of the mare who is the ancestor of Kalitan because the two’s known descendants have different mtDNA haplotypes.
Books and media
Kalitan is profiled in Chapter 4 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
- In 1917, no American Triple Crown was possible as the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes were contested on the same day.
- Kalitan was the first Preakness winner to be presented with the Woodlawn Vase, the most valuable trophy in American sports. Since then, the Woodlawn Vase has been presented to each winning owner during the winner's circle ceremonies before being returned to its permanent home at the Maryland Historical Society; the winning owner gets to keep a replica.
- Kalitan was the first winner of an American Triple Crown race for Edward Riley Bradley, who gained greater fame later as the owner and breeder of four Kentucky Derby winners: Behave Yourself (1921), Bubbling Over (1926), Burgoo King (1932), and Brokers Tip (1933). Bradley also bred two winners of the Belmont Stakes, Blue Larkspur (1929) and Bimelech (1940), and both Burgoo King and Bimelech won the Preakness as well.
- Kalitan was the second California-bred horse to win the Preakness, following in the hoof prints of 1902 victor Old England, but was the first to do so at Pimlico as Old England's renewal was run in New York at Gravesend.
Last updated: October 27, 2024