Woolford Farm raised
thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thorough ...
race
horse
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s in eastern
Kansas
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, in what is now the city of
Prairie Village, a suburb of
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...
. The was owned by
Herbert M. Woolf.
Trainer Ben A. Jones worked there before going to
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 the Bluegrass ...
in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the List of ...
.
Woolf had hired Ben Jones after he had established a reputation of training and breeding horses at the family ranch in
Parnell, Missouri
Parnell is a city in northeast Nodaway County, Missouri, Nodaway County, Missouri, United States, near the Platte River (Missouri River), Platte River. The population was 135 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 Census. It was home to the fath ...
. Ben was accompanied by his son
Jimmy Jones. After Lawrin won the Kentucky Derby the two trainers went to work for
Warren Wright, Sr.
Warren Wright Sr. (September 25, 1875 Springfield, Ohio – December 28, 1950 Miami Beach, Florida), was the owner of one of America's most successful Thoroughbred horse racing operations.
Biography
Wright was born in Ohio and raised in Chicago ...
at
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 the Bluegrass ...
. At Calumet the two trained seven horses that won the Kentucky Derby including two
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
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winners.
Graded stakes race
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wins:
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Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby () is an American Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes Thoroughbred racing, race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of . Colt (horse), Colts and geldin ...
- (1938),
Lawrin
Lawrin (May 15, 1935 – September 1, 1955) was an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Herbert M. Woolf who won the 1938 Kentucky Derby. He was the son of Insco. He is the only Kansas-bred winner of the Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky ...
*
Kentucky Oaks
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers at Churchill Downs; the horses carry . The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Frida ...
- (1940),
Inscolassie
References
American racehorse owners and breeders
Horse farms in the United States
Buildings and structures in Johnson County, Kansas
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