Whisk Broom II (1907-1928) was American-bred thoroughbred racehorse who raced in the United Kingdom (under the name Whisk Broom) and in the United States. A grandson of Ben Brush, Whisk Broom II was sired by the U.S. Hall of Fame stallion, Broomstick. He was bred in 1907 by the late Sam S. Brown's Senorita Stud Farm (now the site of the Kentucky Horse Park). Purchased by Harry Payne Whitney, the colt was sent to England with trainer Andrew Jackso...
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Whisk Broom II (1907-1928) was American-bred thoroughbred racehorse who raced in the United Kingdom (under the name Whisk Broom) and in the United States. A grandson of Ben Brush, Whisk Broom II was sired by the U.S. Hall of Fame stallion, Broomstick. He was bred in 1907 by the late Sam S. Brown's Senorita Stud Farm (now the site of the Kentucky Horse Park). Purchased by Harry Payne Whitney, the colt was sent to England with trainer Andrew Jackson Joyner where in his second start he earned his first win in the Prince of Wales Plate at York Racecourse. In four years of English racing, Whisk Broom won 7 of his 23 races, his most important victories coming in the 1910 Select Stakes and at Ascot Racecourse, the 1912 Victoria Cup Handicap.
At age six, as Whisk Broom II, he was brought back to race in the United States where under trainer James G. Rowe, Sr. he became the first of only three horses to win the three races that compose the New York Handicap Triple Crown Series. He won the New...
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