Paul Kauvar

{{short description|American Thoroughbred racehorse}}

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| horsename = Paul Kauvar

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| sire = Pirate of Penance

| grandsire = Prince Charlie

| dam = Spirit

| damsire = Australian

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = April 25, 1894

| country = United States

| colour = Bay

| breeder = McGrathiana Stud

| owner = Thomas P. Hayes

| trainer = Thomas P. Hayes

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| race = American Classics wins:
Preakness Stakes (1897)

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Paul Kauvar was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 1897 Preakness Stakes, a race that in 1919 would become the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.{{cite web|url=http://www.preakness.com/winners/1897 |title=1897 |publisher=Preakness.com |access-date=2016-07-14}}{{cite web|last=Calabrese |first=Joe |url=http://heavy.com/sports/2015/05/preakness-stakes-past-winners-horses-jockeys-trainers-race-history/ |title=Preakness Stakes: Winning Horses, Jockeys & Trainers |publisher=Heavy.com |date=2015-05-15 |access-date=2016-07-14}} He was sold to Louis Ezell for $1,500 in 1898,{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Gossip of the Turf|url=https://drf.uky.edu//scripts/ViewerJS/#../../catalog/1890s/drf1898092901/0310_3.pdf|access-date=6 April 2018|work=Daily Racing Form|publisher=Triangle Publications|date=September 29, 1898}} but was injured before the Colombia Stakes in October.{{cite news |title=Probable winners for today |work=The Inter Ocean |issue=page 6 |date=October 18, 1898}}