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[1] Clyde Van Dusen was the seventh gelding to win the Kentucky Derby in the race's first 55 runnings. It was 74 years before another gelding won the race. [1] After winning the Derby, Clyde Van Dusen finished in the money in several stakes, but he never won another major race. [1] He retired in 1933 with a career record of 12 wins in 42 starts ...
The gelding, Clyde Van Dusen, was the first son of Man o' War to win the Kentucky Derby. [1] Shortly after winning the Derby, Van Dusen went to work for Detroit auto body manufacturer, Charles T. Fisher, owner of Dixiana Farm. Van Dusen trained Fisher's colt Sweep All who ran second to Horse of the Year and future Hall of Fame inductee Twenty ...
Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Final Odds Stake 1 20 Clyde Van Dusen: Linus McAtee: Clyde Van Dusen: Herbert P. Gardner: 3.00 $53,950 2 4 Naishapur Charles E. Allen John B. McKee Wilshire Stable 5.57 $6,000 3 13 Panchio Frank Coltiletti: Charles E. Durnell Three D's Stock Farm: 8.44 $3,000 4 21 Blue Larkspur: Mack Garner: Herbert J. Thompson ...
The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and Turf and Sports Digest (TSD) magazine began naming an annual champion ...
Van Dusen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert E. Van Dusen (1916–1999), American historian; Chris Van Dusen, American television writer; Clyde Van Dusen (1885–1951), American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
George Yeomans [a] Pocock (March 23, 1891 – March 19, 1976) was a leading designer and builder of racing shells in the 20th century. He was also a crew coach and an elder statesman of the sport. Pocock-built shells began to win U.S. Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships in 1923. [1]
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For the next 50 years George built racing shells for nearly every racing college in the country and several abroad. His reputation spread as he strived to maintain the highest possible quality at a price that even small colleges or high schools could afford. Pocock Racing Shells went on to win many national sport rowing and Olympic championships.