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ALSAB (1939–1963) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse, 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 at the Saratoga yearling sales for only $700, one of the great bargains in racing history, to Albert Sabath, a Chicago attorney. Alsab went on to win over $350,000 in his remarkable career. He was named after his new owner. 

AS A TWO-YEAR-OLD, Alsab won the Washington Park Futurity, Champagne Stakes, and Mayflower Stakes.

IN HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD season, he finished second to Shut Out in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, and then won the Preakness Stakes. 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.

ALSAB WAS VOTED the 1941 U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He also won 1942 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt honors. In 1976, he was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.  Wikipedia

Photo: Alsab, the two-year-old sensation of the 1941 racing season is pictured on arrival in Florida for the campaign at Hialeah Park Race Track with owners Mr. and Mrs. Al Sabath of Chicago.