Triple Crown race win:Preakness Stakes (1927) Alfred John "Whitey" Abel (March 16, 1903 – February 11, 1969) was a jockey, trainer, owner as well as a breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses who rode Bostonian to victory in the 1927 Preakness Stakes, run that year as the first leg of the U.S.
[1] [2] [3] On April 6, 1923, Whitey Abel rode five winners on a single racecard at Bowie Racetrack.
[4] After becoming a trainer, Abel owned and bred racehorses.
[5] He often purchased horses out of claiming races but of those he bred and raced, stakes winner Gramps Image is likely the best known.
[6] [7] This American horse racing biographical article is a stub.