Sam Hildreth
| Sam Hildreth | |
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Sam Hildreth, 1910
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| Occupation | Trainer |
| Born | May 16, 1866 Independence, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | September 24, 1929 (aged 63) |
| Career wins | Not found |
| Major racing wins | |
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Suburban Handicap Belmont Stakes (1899, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1923, 1924) |
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| Racing awards | |
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United States Champion trainer by wins (2 years) United States Champion trainer by earnings (1909, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1917 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924) U.S. Leading Thoroughbred owner by earnings (1909, 1910, 1911) |
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| Honours | |
| United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1955) | |
| Significant horses | |
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Jean Bereaud, Fitz Herbert, King James, Novelty, Dalmatian, Friar Rock, Hourless, Mad Hatter, Purchase, Grey Lag, Zev, Mad Play |
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Suburban Handicap
(1909, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924)
Brooklyn Handicap
(1909, 1910, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924)
Metropolitan Handicap
(1909, 1915, 1921, 1922, 1923)
Travers Stakes (1910, 1922)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1919, 1921, 1922)
Samuel Clay Hildreth (May 16, 1866 – September 24, 1929) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.
Born in Independence, Missouri, Sam Hildreth began his training career in 1887, competing at racetracks in the Midwestern United States with such horses as the good racemare Hurley Burley, the dam of Burgomaster. In 1898 he moved to New York City where thoroughbred racing was a leading sport offering the largest purses. He was first hired to train horses owned by wealthy businessman William Collins Whitney, but soon set out on his own, buying horses for himself and training for others. He won his first of seven Belmont Stakes in 1899 with the horse Jean Bereaud for owner Sydney Paget.
By the turn of the 20th century, Samuel Hildreth had expanded his New York operations and owned the largest racing stables at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. That year, he appointed former outlaw Frank James as his betting commissioner at the track. Among the horses Hildreth owned was Fitz Herbert (b. 1906) who won the Brooklyn Handicap, Suburban Handicap, and the Jerome Handicap en route to being voted the Horse of the Year in 1909, and again in 1910. Another of his horses, King James, won other important races in 1909, including the Metropolitan Handicap, Sheepshead Bay Handicap, and the California Handicap, and went on to win the Brooklyn Handicap in 1910. In 1909, Hildreth also won his second Belmont Stakes with his own horse, Joe Maddon, and went on to capture the first of three consecutive leading owner and trainer honors in the United States.
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