Arlington Classic
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The Arlington Classic Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred horse race
for 3-year-old horses held annually at the end of June at Arlington Park
race track
near Chicago
, Illinois
. An ungraded stakes
event, currently it is raced over a distance of 8.5 furlong
s (1 1/16 miles) on turf
.
At one time the Arlington Classic was one of the most important races in the United States, drawing the best 3-year-olds in the country. According to the July 25, 1932 issue http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744026,00.html of TIME magazine
, it was then the richest race for 3-year-olds in America.
On November 28, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the American Graded Stakes Committee
.
The Arlington Classic became part of Arlington Park's "Mid-America Triple" which included the American Derby
in July and the Secretariat Stakes
in August. The Triple was last won by Honor Glide
in 1997.
A noteworthy upset in the Arlington Classic occurred in 1946 when Assault
, who had just won the United States Triple Crown
, finished last.
The Arlington Classic was run at the now defunct Washington Park Racetrack from 1943 through 1945. It was known as the Grand Prix Stakes in 1971, 1972 and 1973 and in 1977 it was made open to horses three-year-olds and up as was labelled as the Arlington Classic Invitational Handicap. There was no race held in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1998 and 1999.
The Arlington Classic was raced on dirt from 1929–1973, 1977–1987, 1989-1993. Since its inception, the Arlington Classic has been contested over a variety of distances:
Largest margin of victory:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
United States
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Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
for 3-year-old horses held annually at the end of June at Arlington Park
Arlington Park
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...
race track
Race track
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near Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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. An ungraded stakes
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event, currently it is raced over a distance of 8.5 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s (1 1/16 miles) on turf
Grass
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.
At one time the Arlington Classic was one of the most important races in the United States, drawing the best 3-year-olds in the country. According to the July 25, 1932 issue http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744026,00.html of TIME magazine
Time (magazine)
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, it was then the richest race for 3-year-olds in America.
On November 28, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the American Graded Stakes Committee
Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders...
.
The Arlington Classic became part of Arlington Park's "Mid-America Triple" which included the American Derby
American Derby
The American Derby is a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States run annually at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The inaugural American Derby was held at the city's old Washington Park race track and raced there until 1905 when the facility was closed and the track demolished....
in July and the Secretariat Stakes
Secretariat Stakes
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1¼ miles . Held annually in mid August, it is the brother of both the Arlington Million and the Beverly D...
in August. The Triple was last won by Honor Glide
Honor Glide
Honor Glide is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Honor Grades, whose grandsire was Northern Dancer and whose damsire was Secretariat, Honor Glide was bred by Bonnie Heath Farm. He was purchased for $31,000 at the 1995 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale by Robert G...
in 1997.
A noteworthy upset in the Arlington Classic occurred in 1946 when Assault
Assault (horse)
Assault was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1946.-Early life:...
, who had just won the United States Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...
, finished last.
The Arlington Classic was run at the now defunct Washington Park Racetrack from 1943 through 1945. It was known as the Grand Prix Stakes in 1971, 1972 and 1973 and in 1977 it was made open to horses three-year-olds and up as was labelled as the Arlington Classic Invitational Handicap. There was no race held in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1998 and 1999.
The Arlington Classic was raced on dirt from 1929–1973, 1977–1987, 1989-1993. Since its inception, the Arlington Classic has been contested over a variety of distances:
- 1 mile (dirt) : 1952-1972
- 1 1/16 miles (dirt) : 1973
- 1 1/4 miles (dirt) : 1929-1951, 1977–1979
- 1 mile (turf) : 1994-1997, 2000–2001
Records
Speed record: (at current 8.5 furlongs distance)- 1:41.95 - Mr. Mellon (2002)
Largest margin of victory:
- 13 lengths - AlydarAlydarAlydar was a chestnut colt and an American thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a feat not achieved before or repeated since.-Racing career:Trained by John M...
(1978)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Belair StudBelair StudBelair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:...
- 3 - Calumet FarmCalumet FarmCalumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 6 - Pat DayPat DayPatrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...
- 4 - Braulio BaezaBraulio BaezaBraulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was...
, Rene Douglas
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 4 - Sunny Jim FitzsimmonsSunny Jim FitzsimmonsJames Edward Fitzsimmons was a thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York, Fitzsimmons began his career in 1885 working at a racetrack as a stable boy. After nearly ten less-than-successful years as a thoroughbred jockey, he became too heavy for that job and took...
- 3 - Ben A. JonesBen A. JonesBenjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico...
, William I. Mott, Max HirschMax HirschMaximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in...
Winners of the Arlington Classic
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2011 | Willcox Inn | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
Michael Stidham | All In Stable | 1:49.51 |
| 2010 | Workin for Hops | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
Michael Stidham | Estrorace LLC | 1:45.43 |
| 2009 | Giant Oak | Eusebio Razo, Jr. | Chris M. Block | Virginia H. Tarra Trust | 1:43.59 |
| 2008 | Meal Penalty | Jose Velez, Jr. | Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Sassafras Racing/Gulf Coast Farms | 1:41.97 |
| 2007 | Pleasant Strike | Rene Douglas | Todd A. Pletcher | Edward P. Evans | 1:42.05 |
| 2006 | Kingship | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
Ronny Werner | Oxbow Racing | 1:43.57 |
| 2005 | Purim | Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two... |
Thomas F. Proctor Thomas F. Proctor Thomas F. Proctor is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won the 1994 edition of the Breeders' Cup Distaff with One Dreamer.... |
Edward J. Sukley | 1:42.65 |
| 2004 | Toasted | Rene Douglas | Laura de Seroux | Sidney L. Port | 1:50.91 |
| 2003 | Lismore Knight | Rene Douglas | Todd A. Pletcher | J. J. Pletcher & B. Simon | 1:42.73 |
| 2002 | Mr. Mellon | Rene Douglas | W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry... |
WinStar Farm WinStar Farm WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R... /T. Van Meter II |
1:41.95 |
| 2001 | Baptize | Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two... |
William I. Mott | G. & M. West | 1:48.80 |
| 2000 | King Cugat | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
William I. Mott | Centennial Farms | 1:48.16 |
| 1997 | Honor Glide Honor Glide Honor Glide is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Honor Grades, whose grandsire was Northern Dancer and whose damsire was Secretariat, Honor Glide was bred by Bonnie Heath Farm. He was purchased for $31,000 at the 1995 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale by Robert G... |
Garrett Gomez Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States... |
Jim Day Jim Day James E. "Jim" Day is a Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion and thoroughbred horse trainer.... |
Robert Schaedle III | 1:47.59 |
| 1996 | Trail City | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
William I. Mott | W. I. Mott & R. Verchota | 1:48.61 |
| 1995 | Hawk Attack | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry... |
Cavalier Stable | 1:48.04 |
| 1994 | Eagle Eyed | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
1:48.46 |
| 1993 | Boundlessly | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Jere R. Smith, Jr. | Panic Stable | 1:49.89 |
| 1992 | Saint Ballado Saint Ballado Saint Ballado was a thoroughbred racehorse born 1989 who later became a Leading North American Sire. Being the son of the Halo, sire of the great racer and sire Sunday Silence, and out of the Herbager mare Ballade, dam of Canadian Horse of the Year Glorious Song and Champion Two-Year-Old Devil's... |
Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair... |
Clint Goodrich | Lothenbach/Herold/Goodrich | 1:46.82 |
| 1991 | Whadjathink | Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States... |
Michael Whittingham | Richard L. Duchossois Richard L. Duchossois Richard L. "Dick" Duchossois is an American businessman and racehorse owner. He was the founder and Chairman of The Duchossois Group, Inc., a family-owned company headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois that is known for its ownership stakes in Arlington Park and Churchill Downs race tracks, as well... |
1:49.18 |
| 1990 | Sound Of Cannons | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
George R. Arnold II | B. Wilkinson/L.G. Robey | 1:47.60 |
| 1989 | Clever Trevor | Don Pettinger | Donnie K. Von Hemel | D. C. McNeil | 1:49.40 |
| 1987 | Lost Code | Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon Gene St. Leon is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995... |
L. William Donovan | Wendover Stable | 1:49.60 |
| 1986 | Sumptious | Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J... |
Phil Hauswald | John A. Bell III | 1:49.40 |
| 1985 | Smile | Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:... |
Frank Gomez Frank Gomez Frank Gomez is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's bantamweight division. Gomez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico where trains full time with Jackson's Submission Fighting... |
Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter Frances A. Genter was a major figure in American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is best known as the owner of Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic... |
1:51.20 |
| 1984 | At The Threshold | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Lynn S. Whiting | W. Cal Partee | 1:50.20 |
| 1983 | Play Fellow | Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *... |
Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *... , Lauer, Victor |
1:49.00 |
| 1982 | Wolfie's Rascal | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Howard Tesher | Sidney L. Port et al. | 1:49.00 |
| 1981 | Fairway Phantom | John L. Lively | Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider.... |
William H. Floyd | 1:53.40 |
| 1980 | Spruce Needles | Mike Morgan | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1:49.20 |
| 1979 | Steady Growth Steady Growth Steady Growth was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred and raced by Bud Willmot's Kinghaven Farms, he was out of the mare Crelita, a daughter of Crepello, winner of the 1957 Epsom Derby and 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1969 and the Leading... |
Brian Swatuk | John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. John J. Tammaro, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland into a horse racing family, John Tammaro was still a young boy when his father died from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Belmont Park... |
Kinghaven Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1978 | Alydar Alydar Alydar was a chestnut colt and an American thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a feat not achieved before or repeated since.-Racing career:Trained by John M... |
Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.-References:* * *... |
John M. Veitch John M. Veitch John M. Veitch is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch, his family has been part of the horse-training business for three generations.... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
2:00.40 |
| 1977 | Private Thoughts | Ramon Perez | Greg Sanders | Sandera Farm | 1:59.40 |
| 1973 | Linda's Chief | Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
Al Scotti | Neil Hellman | 1:44.60 |
| 1972 | King's Bishop King's Bishop King's Bishop was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by Warner L. Jones, Jr., he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. He was out of the mare Spearfish, a descendant of the very important sire Nearco.... |
Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17... |
Thomas J. Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly is a United States Racing Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses as well as an owner and breeder.... |
Craig F. Cullinan, Jr. | 1:35.00 |
| 1971 | Son Ange | Chuck Baltazar | Reggie Cornell Reggie Cornell Reginald "Reggie" Cornell was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who competed in his native Canada before working for many years in the United States.... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
1:36.00 |
| 1970 | Corn Off The Cob | Eddie Belmonte Eddie Belmonte Eddie Belmonte is a retired jockey who competed at the highest levels in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Puerto Rico and in the United States.... |
Arnold N. Winick | Fence Post Farm | 1:35.40 |
| 1969 | Ack Ack Ack Ack (horse) Ack Ack was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He raced with success at age two to four, scoring wins in the important 1969 Withers Stakes and Arlington Classic. In 1971 at age five, Ack Ack blossomed into the year's most dominant horse... |
Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
Frank A. Bonsal | Cain Hoy Stable Cain Hoy Stable Cain Hoy Stable was a Thoroughbred racing stable and horse breeding operation with training facilities in Columbia, South Carolina and Kissimmee, Florida. It was owned by Harry Guggenheim who also raced horses in Europe... |
1:34.40 |
| 1968 | Exclusive Native Exclusive Native Exclusive Native was an American Thoroughbred stallion sired by Raise a Native and out of Exclusive. Foaled in Florida, the chestnut colt was bred and owned by Louis Wolfson's Harbor View Farm. Exclusive Native is the Sire of Triple Crown Winner Affirmed.Exclusive Native's race record was 13:... |
Ismael Valenzuela Ismael Valenzuela Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children born to parents who had immigrated to the United states. Shortly after Ismael Valenzuela's birth, the family returned to their native Mexico... |
Ivan H. Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:36.00 |
| 1967 | Dr. Fager Dr. Fager Dr. Fager was an American a thoroughbred racehorse who had what many consider one of the greatest single racing seasons by any horse in the history of the sport. "The Doctor" was the only horse who ever held four titles in one year... |
Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
John A. Nerud John A. Nerud John A. Nerud is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.-Early years:... |
Tartan Stable | 1:36.00 |
| 1966 | Buckpasser Buckpasser Buckpasser was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won he won nine of his eleven race starts for international record winnings for a two-year-old of $586,090. Buckpasser was leading broodmare sire in 1983, 1984 and 1989.... |
Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was... |
Edward A. Neloy Edward A. Neloy Edward Albert "Eddie" Neloy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. At age fourteen, he began working at a racetrack then joined the United States Army during World War II... |
Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist... |
1:32.60 |
| 1965 | Tom Rolfe Tom Rolfe The racehorse Tom Rolfe was one of the best American sons of the great racehorse and sire Ribot. His dam was Pocahontas, from whom he takes his name... |
Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born and raised on a farm in Centreville, Maryland, Whiteley grew up around horses and from a very early age was intent on racing them. Developing his skills, by age twenty-one he had embarked on a professional training... |
Powhatan Stables | 1:34.80 |
| 1964 | Tosmah Tosmah Tosmah was a champion Thoroughbred race horse bred in Kentucky by Eugene Mori.Her sire was the great Tim Tam, by Tom Fool out of Two Lea. Many consider Tim Tam's loss of Thoroughbred racing's American Triple Crown only a matter of fate... |
Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Samuel A. Boulmetis, Sr. is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973... |
Joseph Mergler | Anthony Imbesi | 1:36.20 |
| 1963 | Candy Spots Candy Spots Candy Spots was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for winning the 1963 Preakness Stakes and for coming in a close second and third, respectively, in the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby to his rival Chateaugay... |
Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney Mesh Tenney Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935... |
Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:35.80 |
| 1962 | Ridan Ridan (horse) Ridan is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1961 was one of the best 2-year-old colts racing in the United States but lost the 1962 U.S. Champion 3-Year-old honors by a fraction of a nose.... |
Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez Avelino Gomez was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member... |
LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley is an United States Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of horse trainer Moody Jolley, LeRoy Jolley has been around horses all his life at age nineteen received a New York State trainer's license.... |
J. G. W. Stable | 1:38.00 |
| 1961 | Globemaster | John L. Rotz John L. Rotz John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions.... |
Thomas J. Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly Thomas Joseph Kelly is a United States Racing Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses as well as an owner and breeder.... |
Leonard P. Sasso | 1:35.40 |
| 1960 | T. V. Lark | Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes... |
Paul K. Parker | C. R. Mac Stable | 1:36.20 |
| 1959 | Dunce | Lois C. Cook | Moody Jolley Moody Jolley Moody Jolley was an American thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and trainer. He began his professional training career in the mid 1930s and by 1940 had his first Kentucky Derby runner. For several years, he trained for Harry Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. After their partnership ended in... |
Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:... |
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| 1958 | A Dragon Killer | John Combest | N. Haymaker | Mrs. S. Sadacca | 1:36.40 |
| 1957 | Clem Clem (horse) Clem was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by MGM Studios boss, Louis B. Mayer, he was purchased and raced by Adele Rand.... |
Conn McCreary Conn McCreary Conn N. McCreary was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races.... |
William W. Stephens William Ward Stephens William Ward "Bill" Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A younger brother to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Woody Stephens, he was often referred to as "Bill" by the media.... |
Adele L. Rand | 1:36.60 |
| 1956 | Swoon's Son Swoon's Son Swoon's Son is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Foaled February 13, 1953 in Lexington, Kentucky, he was bred and raced by E... |
David Erb David Erb David Erb is a retired jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He started riding as a young farm boy and began his professional riding career in 1938, competing at tracks in his native Nebraska... |
Lex Wilson | E. G. Drake | 1:36.80 |
| 1955 | Nashua Nashua (horse) Nashua was an American-born thoroughbred racehorse, perhaps best remembered for a 1955 match race against the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby.Nashua's sire was the good, but temperamental, European champion Nasrullah... |
Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:... |
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| 1954 | Errard King | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Sam Boulmetis, Sr. Samuel A. Boulmetis, Sr. is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973... |
Thomas J. Barry Thomas J. Barry Thomas J. "Tom" Barry was a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorse who won two American Classic Races with foreign-bred horses... |
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| 1953 | Native Dancer Native Dancer Native Dancer , nicknamed the Grey Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television. He was one of the best horses produced in USA after the war... |
Eric Guerin Eric Guerin Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge... |
William C. Winfrey William C. Winfrey William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey... |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His mother, Margaret Emerson, was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least... |
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| 1952 | Mark-Ye-Well Mark-Ye-Well Mark-Ye-Well was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Calumet Farm, he was sired by their five-time North American Champion Sire, Bull Lea... |
Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
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| 1951 | Hall Of Fame | Ted Atkinson Ted Atkinson Theodore Francis Atkinson was a Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957.... |
John M. Gaver, Sr. John M. Gaver, Sr. John Milton Gaver, Sr. was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Mt. Airy, Maryland, John Gaver graduated from Princeton University then worked as a prep school language teacher before eventually embarking on a career in Thoroughbred racing. In 1929, James G... |
Greentree Stable Greentree Stable Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne... |
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| 1950 | Greek Song | Ovie Scurlock Ovie Scurlock Ovie Scurlock is a former jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Paintsville, Kentucky, Scurlock began his professional riding career in 1938 at Fairmount Park Racetrack in Collinsville, Illinois. A year later, on August 26, 1939, at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky, he... |
Virgil W. Raines Virgil W. Raines Virgil W. Raines was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Known as "Buddy" Raines, in the 1930s he began working as a stable hand and became an exercise rider, notably for the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame colt Cavalcade. He went on to condition racehorses for 65 years, working primarily on the U.S... |
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| 1949 | Ponder Ponder (horse) Ponder , an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was the son of the 1944 Kentucky Derby winner, Pensive and sire of the winner of the 1956 Kentucky Derby, Needles. Ponder, himself, won the Derby in 1949... |
Steve Brooks Steve Brooks (jockey) Steve Brooks was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer, he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson... |
Horace A. Jones Horace A. Jones Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A. Jones, Jimmy Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
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| 1948 | Papa Redbird | Robert L. Baird | J. M. Goode | J. A. Goodwin | 2:03.00 |
| 1947 | But Why Not But Why Not But Why Not was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Blue Larkspur and granddaughter of Black Servant will be remembered best for wins in the Alabama Stakes, the Acorn Stakes, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course... |
Warren Mehrtens Warren Mehrtens Warren Mehrtens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey best known for winning the U.S. Triple Crown in 1946.... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
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| 1946 | The Dude | Melvin Duhon | Al Gaal | Mrs. Al Gaal | 2:02.60 |
| 1945 | Pot O'Luck Pot O'Luck Pot O'Luck was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by the renowned Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by Chance Play, the 1927 retrospective American Horse of the Year and 1935 Leading sire in North America. Out of the mare Potheen, his damsire was Wildair, winner of... |
Douglas Dodson Douglas Dodson Douglas Allan Dodson was a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Douglas Dodson was born in Pickardville, Alberta, Canada, the son of James Floyd and Emma Dodson. His family moved to a ranch in Elk River, Idaho when he was still a child and as a small boy he learned to ride horses... |
Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
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| 1944 | Twilight Tear Twilight Tear Twilight Tear was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred filly racehorse. At age two, she won four of her six starts, finishing second and third in her other two starts. Her performances earned her a share of 2-year-old filly honors.... |
Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
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| 1943 | Slide Rule Slide Rule (horse) Slide Rule was a thoroughbred race horse who was owned by William E. Boeing of Boeing. He was a stablemate of the morenoted Devil's Thumb, and in April of 1943, of the colt Twoses... |
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| 1942 | Shut Out Shut Out (horse) Shut Out , was an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Hall of Famer Equipoise, the multiple stakes winning champion his fans called "The Chocolate Soldier." Shut Out was bred by the Greentree Stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by Mrs... |
Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice... |
John M. Gaver, Sr. John M. Gaver, Sr. John Milton Gaver, Sr. was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Mt. Airy, Maryland, John Gaver graduated from Princeton University then worked as a prep school language teacher before eventually embarking on a career in Thoroughbred racing. In 1929, James G... |
Greentree Stable Greentree Stable Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne... |
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| 1941 | Attention | Carroll Bierman | Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
Mrs. Parker Corning Parker Corning Parker Corning was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Albany, he attended the public schools, The Albany Academy, and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire... |
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| 1940 | Sirocco | George Woolf George Woolf George Monroe Woolf , nicknamed "The Ice Man", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild.... |
James W. Smith James W. Smith James W. "Jimmy" Smith was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was the son of Tom Smith, trainer of Seabiscuit.James Smith trained for automotive industrialist Charles T. Fisher and won the 1940 Arlington Classic with Fisher's colt, Sirocco. A few years later he trained for the renowned... |
Dixiana Farm Charles T. Fisher Charles Thomas Fisher was a Catholic American businessman and an automotive pioneer.Born in Norwalk, Ohio, Charles was the second son of Lawrence and Margaret Fisher. The family would grow to include seven boys and four girls... |
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| 1939 | Challedon Challedon Challedon was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by William L. Brann and Robert S. Castle, he raced under the colors of their Branncastle Farm.... |
Harry Richards Harry C. Richards Harry Clayton Richards was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and the first president of the Jockeys' Guild. Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro said Richards: "was strong in character and who maintained a steady belief in our organization [Jockeys' Guild]... |
Louis J. Schaefer | William L. Brann William L. Brann William Leavitt Brann was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University and then moved to New York City where he founded the highly successful W. L... |
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| 1938 | Nedayr | Wayne D. Wright Wayne D. Wright Wayne Danforth Wright was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years.... |
William A. Crawford | Willis Sharpe Kilmer Willis Sharpe Kilmer Willis Sharpe Kilmer , son of Jonas M. Kilmer and Julia E. Sharpe, was a marketing pioneer, newspaperman, and horse breeder. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Cornell University in 1890. Kilmer was perhaps best known for advertising and promoting his uncle's Swamp Root patent medicine... |
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| 1937 | Flying Scot | John Gilbert | James W. Healy | John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney , colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family.-Family:... |
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| 1936 | Granville Granville (horse) Granville was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by prominent horseman William Woodward, Sr. at his Belair Stud in Bowie, Maryland, Granville was sired by U.S... |
James Stout James Stout James Stout was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Known as "Jimmy," he began working at a racetrack as a stable boy then in 1930 became a professional jockey. Stout became most famous riding for Belair Stud and trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. He rode Seabiscuit in his first... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:... |
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| 1935 | Omaha Omaha (horse) Omaha was a United States thoroughbred horse racing champion.Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he was the son of 1930 U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox and the mare Flambino. Omaha was the third horse to win the Triple Crown having won as a three-year-old in 1935.Omaha was an... |
Wayne D. Wright Wayne D. Wright Wayne Danforth Wright was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years.... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:... |
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| 1934 | Cavalcade Cavalcade (horse) Cavalcade was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.In the early 1930s, Bob Smith, a trainer with a history of spotting talent, had been hired by heiress Isabel Dodge Sloane to stock her newly formed Brookmeade Stable. A descendant of the 1893 English Triple Crown champion... |
Mack Garner | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico in 1924.... |
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| 1933 | Inlander Inlander The Inlander was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada from 1910 until 1912. She was owned by the Prince Rupert and Skeena River Navigation Company which was a syndicate of Skeena River businessmen who planned to use the Inlander as a passenger and freight... |
Robert Jones Robert Jones (jockey) Robert "Bobby" Jones was an American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.From San Ysidro, California, Bobby Jones was the son of Alfred L. Jones, who was involved in horse racing and who raised Thoroughbreds.... |
Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico in 1924.... |
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| 1932 | Gusto | Silvio Coucci Silvio Coucci Silvio Coucci was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.A New Yorker, in 1931 Silvio Coucci rode Thoroughbreds at Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico under contract with brothers John and George Coburn. His performance brought him to the attention of the extremely wealthy Mrs... |
Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in... |
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| 1931 | Mate Mate (horse) Mate was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1931 Preakness Stakes. From modest parentage, he was bred and raced by Albert C... |
Alfred Robertson | James W. Healy | Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. Albert Carlton Bostwick, Jr. was a member of the wealthy and prominent Bostwick family who became a steeplechase jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner, breeder and trainer.-Biography:... |
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| 1930 | Gallant Fox Gallant Fox Gallant Fox was a United States Thoroughbred horseracing champion.Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky by Sir Gallahad III out of the mare Marguerite, Gallant Fox was a bay colt who became the second horse to win the U.S... |
Earl Sande Earl Sande Earl H. Sande was an American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Groton, South Dakota, Earl Sande started out as a bronco buster in the early 1900s but then became a successful American quarter horse rider before switching to thoroughbred horse racing in 1918... |
James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America.-Colonial Period:... |
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| 1929 | Blue Larkspur Blue Larkspur Blue Larkspur was a bay Kentucky-bred thoroughbred race horse. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957, awarded the 1929 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, and ranks Number 100 in Blood-Horse magazine's top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century... |
Mack Garner | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley Edward R. Bradley Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century... |
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