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War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown. He was also the 1937 Horse of the Year and well known as the rival of Seabiscuit in the "Match Race of the Century" in 1938. [1] War Admiral won 21 of his 26 starts with earnings of $273,240 and ...
Glen Riddle Farm has been developed recently into a housing complex and golf club. Glen Riddle Farm's horses won numerous important stakes races including the following prestigious U.S. Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby: 1937 : War Admiral; Preakness Stakes: 1920 : Man o' War; 1937 : War Admiral; Belmont Stakes: 1920 : Man o' War
War Admiral, War Relic. George H. Conway (July 7, 1873 – June 20, 1939) [1] was a Triple Crown -winning American horse trainer who worked at Glen Riddle Farm in Berlin, Maryland. He is best known for training War Admiral, who won the Triple Crown in 1937 and was selected as the American Horse of the Year over his nephew and competitor Seabiscuit.
Known for. Man o' War, War Admiral. Samuel Doyle Riddle (July 1, 1861 – January 8, 1951) was an American businessman and racehorse owner. He was born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, a small town in Delaware County southwest of Philadelphia, given the family name by his father Samuel Riddle. Samuel D. Riddle owned and operated a woolen mill ...
Clara Virginia Clarke. . . (m. 1942; died 2005) . Children. 3, including Jim. George Stephen Morrison (January 7, 1919 – November 17, 2008) was a United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison held significant commands of United States naval forces during the Vietnam War. He was the father of Jim Morrison, the lead ...
Glen Riddle Farm. Surface. Dirt. ← 1936. 1938 →. The 1937 Kentucky Derby was the 63rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1937. [1][2]
The Battle of Leyte Gulf[5] (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. [6][7][8][9] By the time of the battle ...
War Admiral, Menow. Charles Kurtsinger (November 16, 1906 – September 24, 1946) was an American Hall of Fame and National Champion jockey who won the Triple Crown in 1937. [1][2] Known as "Charley" and nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", Kurtsinger was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky and learned race riding from his jockey father and from ...