The story of Seabiscuit is one of the best in horse racing. In the 1930’s, Seabiscuit became America’s horse, lifting the spirits of people who were suffering due to the Great Depression. While the story of this little horse is familiar to many people, the story of his trainer Tom Smith is not. It is…
Doug O’Neill is one of the more controversial trainers in horseracing today. While some question O’Neill’s training methods and his use of medications, there can be no denying his recent success. The trainer has won more than 2,000 races including a much-heralded run at the Triple Crown in 2012 with I’ll Have Another and a…
Since the early 1960’s, King T. Leatherbury has dominated thoroughbred horseracing in his home state of Maryland. Rarely venturing outside of the state, Leatherbury has become a racing legend who ultimately finished with 6,508 career wins. It was announced in 2015 that Leatherbury would be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of…
Larry Jones built his national reputation with Hard Spun, Eight Belles, Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, and three Kentucky Oaks winners. His career includes significant adversity, but its central evidence is the development of high-class colts and fillies over more than three decades. Jones did not train 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That…
Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. trained 848 winners during a career that ran from 1936 through 1984. His stable produced 35 stakes winners and four champions, including Tom Rolfe, Damascus, Ruffian, and Forego. His record belongs among the major American training careers of the twentieth century, with champions whose different running styles and careers demanded different…
