Alsab

{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = Alsab

| image = Narragansett Park, R.I., Championship Match Race, Alsab winning over Whirlaway. September 19, 1942 (74630).jpg

| caption = Alsab winning over Whirlaway in 1942

| sire = Good Goods

| grandsire = Neddie

| dam = Winds Chant

| damsire = Wildair

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 1939

| country = United States

| colour = Bay

| breeder = Tom Piatt

| owner = Albert Sabath

| trainer = Sarge Swenke

| record = 51: 25-11-5

| earnings = $350,015

| race = Eastern Shore Handicap (1941)
Walden Stakes (1941)
Washington Park Futurity (1941)
Champagne Stakes (1941)
Mayflower Stakes (1941)
American Derby (1942)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1942)
New York Handicap (1942)
Withers Stakes (1942)

U.S. Triple Crown series:
Preakness Stakes (1942)

| awards= U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1941)
U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1942)

| honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1976)
#65 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

| updated= April 28, 2007

}}

Alsab (1939–1963) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.[http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=6 Alsab at the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]

Background

Alsab was bred in Kentucky by Thomas Piatt. His sire was Good Goods, and his dam was Winds Chant. Buyers were not interested in him, and Alsab was sold in 1940 for only $700 to Albert Sabath. He was named after his new owner. {{cite news |last1=Tower |first1=Whitney |title=Sires, Sales, and the Challenge |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1956/08/20/sires-sales-and-the-challenge |access-date=16 March 2022 |work=Sports Illustrated |date=20 August 1956}}

Racing career

As a two-year-old, Alsab won the Washington Park Futurity, Champagne Stakes, and Mayflower Stakes.

In his three-year-old season, he was ridden by Basil James. He finished second to Shut Out in the Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xf5FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o88MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6624,1952871&dq=preakness+stakes+alsab&hl=en The Portsmouth Times - 10 May 1942] In the third leg of the Triple Crown he finished second to Shut Out in the Belmont Stakes.

On September 19, 1942, Alsab defeated the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown Champion Whirlaway in a match race at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-2deAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KWENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1962,5428436&dq=alsab+whirlaway+match+race&hl=en Lawrence Journal-World - September 21, 1942]