Pensive

Pensive

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horsename = Pensive


caption =
sire = Hyperion
grandsire = Gainsborough
dam = Penicuik
damsire = Buchan
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1941
country = US flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
owner = Calumet Farm
breeder = Calumet Farm
trainer = Ben A. Jones
record = 22:7-5-4
earnings = $167,715
race = Kentucky Derby (1944)
Preakness Stakes (1944)
Rowe Memorial Handicap (1944)
awards =
honours =
updated = September 22, 2006

Pensive (1941-1949) was a bright chestnut thoroughbred racehorse who in 1944 came closer than any other horse at the time to winning the U.S. Triple Crown. He was also the first to win the first two legs and then lose the third.

A son of England's Hyperion (who himself had won two thirds of England's Triple Crown), out of Penicuik II (by Buchan), Pensive, ridden by Conn McCreary, won the Kentucky Derby going away by four and a half lengths. A week later, he took the Preakness. The Belmont Stakes looked to be Pensive's for the taking. That year, the Belmont (at the time the least of the three races), had finally upped its purse to $50,000. Pensive was in the lead and headed for the wire and the winner's circle, when seemingly out of the blue, Bounding Home inched by to take the race by less than half a length.

Pensive was brought to the United States still forming in his mother's womb by Arthur B. Hancock who then sold the mare to the owner of Calumet Farm, Warren Wright. Wright had inherited Calumet from his father, William Monroe Wright, president of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. In time, Warren Wright was also president of the baking powder company, and he took it to the financial heights of the business world. When he also took over Calumet in 1931, he sold off the trotters his father favored and began buying Thoroughbreds for flat racing. Under Warren Wright, Calumet enjoyed years of racing dominance.

When he was old enough, Pensive began his training under Calumet's future Hall of Fame trainerr, Ben A. Jones.

At two, Pensive raced five times, winning only twice. He lost the three which were stakes races. At three, he ran a checkered season, winning and losing fairly equally. He beat older horses in the Rowe Memorial Handicap, but lost to a great older horse, Tola Rose, in the Bowie Handicap. Tola Rose had whipped Whirlaway. But when it came to the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, even the Belmont, Pensive was on top of his game. For want of a short burst of speed, often thought to be his jockey's fault who was known for his closing style, Pensive would have won the Triple Crown.

For some reason, after that Pensive lost his form altogether. He ran another eight races, and won none.

At this point he was retired to stud, producing the winner of the 1949 Kentucky Derby, Ponder. He died in '49, just after his son won the Derby. Pensive is buried at Calumet Farm.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pensive Pensive's pedigree with photo]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1944.html Pensive's Kentucky Derby]


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  • Pensive — Pen sive, a. [F. pensif, fr. penser to think, fr. L. pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See {Pension}, {Poise}.] 1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pensive — [pen′siv] adj. [ME pensif < OFr < penser, to think, reflect < L pensare, to weigh, consider, freq. of pendere, to ponder, weigh, hang: see PENDANT] 1. thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things 2. expressing deep… …   English World dictionary

  • pensive — mid 14c., from O.Fr. pensif (11c., fem. pensive), from penser to think, from L. pensare weigh, consider, frequentative of pendere weigh (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pensive — I adjective absorbed, abstracted, attentive, calculating, concentrating, contemplative, deliberative, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, full of thought, given to thought, in cogitatione defixus, introspective, meditative, museful, musing, obsessed,… …   Law dictionary

  • pensive — *thoughtful, reflective, speculative, contemplative, meditative Analogous words: solemn, somber, *serious, earnest, sober, grave: musing, pondering, ruminating (see PONDER) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pensive — [adj] meditative, solemn absorbed, abstracted, attentive, cogitative, contemplative, dreamy, grave, musing, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, reflective, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, wistful,… …   New thesaurus

  • pensive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ engaged in deep thought. DERIVATIVES pensively adverb pensiveness noun. ORIGIN Old French pensif, from Latin pensare ponder …   English terms dictionary

  • pensive — pensively, adv. pensiveness, n. /pen siv/, adj. 1. dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood. 2. expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio. [1325 75; < F (fem.); r. ME pensif < MF (masc.),… …   Universalium

  • pensive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. thoughtful, reflective, meditative, musing; melancholy, sad, dejected. See thought, dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ruminating, meditative, contemplative, reflective, thoughtful, ruminative,… …   English dictionary for students

  • pensive — pen•sive [[t]ˈpɛn sɪv[/t]] adj. 1) dreamily or wistfully thoughtful 2) expressing thoughtfulness or sadness • Etymology: 1325–75; ME pensif < MF, der. of penser to think < L pēnsāre to weigh, consider, der. of pendere. See pension, ive… …   From formal English to slang

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