Hollie Hughes (other)
Hollie Hughes may refer to: * Hollie Hughes (horse trainer) (1888–1981), US trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses * Hollie Hughes (politician) Hollie Alexandra Hughes (; born 12 February 1975) is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party. Hughes was an unsuccessful Senate candidate at ...

Hollie Hughes (horse Trainer)
Hollie Hughes (October 16, 1888 - January, 1981) was a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won the 1916 Kentucky Derby and was a six-time winner of the most prestigious steeplechase race in the United States, the American Grand National. His career successes earned him induction into the U. S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1973. In 1979, a New York-bred race at Aqueduct Racetrack was named in his honor. Early life and career Hughes was born on a farm not far from Amsterdam, New York. At age 15 he took a job at Gen. Stephen Sanford's Hurricana Stud Farm in Amsterdam where, by 1914, the then 26 year-old was appointed head trainer for the Sanford racing operations. Although he would remain in that position for the next 61 years until retiring in 1975 at the age of 87, Hughes joined the United States Army during World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest g ...
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