Lucille P. Markey
| Lucille Wright Markey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 14, 1896 Maysville, KY, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1982 (aged 85) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lexington Cemetery |
| Residence | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Occupation | Racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist |
| Known for | Calumet Farm |
| Spouse(s) | Warren Wright, Sr. Gene Markey |
| Children | Warren Wright, Jr.; died 1978 |
Lucille Parker Wright Markey (December 14, 1896 - July 24, 1982) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who owned Calumet Farm, the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse farm in the United States.
Lucille Parker was born in Maysville, Kentucky on December 14, 1896. The youngest of seven children, she was the daughter of a tobacco grower who also owned a Livery stable. She is a distant relative, on her mother's side, of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Her family, the Parkers, were reported to be relatives of Mary Todd Lincoln. In 1919 she married Warren Wright, Sr. (1875-1950); their son, Warren, Jr. (died 1978) was born in 1920 and married and had four children.
She inherited Calumet Farm on the death of her husband and ran it successfully for more than thirty years. Under her guidance, Calumet Farm won the Kentucky Derby four times beginning with Hill Gail (1952), Iron Liege (1957), Tim Tam (1958), and Forward Pass (1968). Among her other horses, in 1977 her filly Our Mims (named after her second husband's daughter, Melinda) won the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, in 1979 another filly, Davona Dale won the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing (as well as finishing Fourth in the 1979 Travers Stakes against colts), and in 1981 still another filly, Before Dawn was voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.
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