The Trenton Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey . Open to horses age three and older, the race was contested on dirt at various distances during its tenure:
19-532: The race was part of the inaugural season at Garden State Park Racetrack which opened for business on July 18, 1942. That year's winner was Calumet Farm's 1941 U.S. Triple Crown winner, Whirlaway . In its heyday, Garden State Park Racetrack attracted racing's top stars and as many as 40,000 fans for big races such as the Trenton Handicap. In 1957, the event was contested between just three horses. Bold Ruler , Gallant Man and Round Table were led to
38-673: A Standardbred horse farm from Illinois to Kentucky in 1924. Upon the elder Wright's death in 1931, Warren Wright converted the Lexington farm, which bore the company name, from Standardbreds to Thoroughbreds. During his 18-year reign, Calumet Farm would become a dominant American stable and a tourist destination in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. Calumet Farm was often compared to the New York Yankees (baseball), Boston Celtics (basketball) and Montreal Canadiens (hockey), as
57-447: A Brazilian investment group. The win of Oxbow in the 2013 Preakness Stakes marked the return of Calumet to the winner's circle of a Triple Crown race for the first time since 1968. 38°02′52.3″N 84°34′37.5″W / 38.047861°N 84.577083°W / 38.047861; -84.577083 Warren Wright, Sr. Warren Wright Sr. (September 25, 1875 Springfield, Ohio – December 28, 1950 Miami Beach, Florida ),
76-710: A heart attack. Just after his 75th birthday, on December 28, 1950, he died at his winter residence in Miami Beach, Florida . He was interred at Rosehill Mausoleum in Rosehill Cemetery , Chicago. Warren Wright Sr. has a memorial marker at Thoroughbred Park in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2019, Warren Wright Sr. was honored for his contribution to the Thoroughbred racing industry by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame as one of its "Pillars of
95-425: A month. After years of legal proceedings, in 2000, Lundy along with Gary Matthews, the farm's former attorney and chief financial officer, were convicted of fraud and bribery and sent to prison. In 1992, a trust established by Henryk de Kwiatkowski , a Polish -born Canadian , purchased Calumet Farm, saving it from possible liquidation. Since 1992, the farm has been fully restored to its former beauty. In 2012,
114-508: A record history of Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown winners and 11 horses in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame . Calumet Farm has produced ten Kentucky Derby winners, more than any other operation. The farm is also the leading breeder and owner of Preakness Stakes winners, with seven each. Two of the farm's colts have won the U.S. Triple Crown and three females the Triple Crown for fillies . Calumet Farm's winners of
133-768: A sports dynasty. With Ben A. Jones as his trainer, Bull Lea as his main stallion, and a bevy of choice broodmares , Wright bred and raced winners of five American Horse of the Year titles in the 1940s alone. They were: Whirlaway (1941 & 1942), Twilight Tear (1944), Armed (1947), and Citation (1948). Additionally, Calumet's Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948) won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing , and were national fan favorites. Wright won four Kentucky Derbys in his lifetime. After his death, his widow Lucille Parker Wright - who had married Admiral Gene Markey - carried on
152-553: A time when harness racing was the most popular type of horse racing , in 1931 the farm's trotter "Calumet Butler" won the most prestigious event of the day, the Hambletonian . After Wright died in 1932, his son Warren Wright, Sr. took over the business and began converting it to Thoroughbred breeding and training. His acquisition of quality breeding stock saw Calumet Farm develop into one of North America 's most successful stables in Thoroughbred racing history. Calumet Farm
171-539: The Kentucky Derby are: Whirlaway (1941), Pensive (1944), Citation (1948), Ponder (sired by Pensive - 1949), Hill Gail (1952), Iron Liege (1957), Tim Tam (1958), Forward Pass (1968 by DQ), Strike the Gold (1991) and Rich Strike (2022). Two of these greats, Whirlaway and Citation, are United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champions. Eleven of the farm's horses have been inducted into
190-564: The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame . Other well-known horses include Nellie Flag , Armed , Two Lea , Mar-Kell , A Gleam , Twilight Tear , Mark-Ye-Well , A Glitter, Bewitch , Coaltown , Real Delight , Bardstown , Our Mims , Davona Dale , Alydar , and Before Dawn . Founded in Libertyville, Illinois , the Standardbred breeding operation was moved to the more favorable climate of Kentucky by W. M. Wright. At
209-439: The 1990 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder . In November of that year, details surrounding the death of 15-year-old Alydar —America's leading sire of the time—and the collection of a $ 36 million insurance policy—brought a cloud of suspicion over the business. Under Lundy, mismanagement and fraud had left the farm with significant debt that led Calumet Farm to file for bankruptcy protection in 1991 as they were losing $ 1 million
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#1732801837962228-480: The Calumet Investment Group bought Calumet Farm from the de Kwiatkowski Trust for more than $ 36 million. Calumet Investment Group in turn leased it to Brad M. Kelley , believed to be a member of the investment group. Kelley's horses race under the name of Calumet Farm, but they carry Kelley's black and gold racing colors , as the original "Devil's Red and Blue" silks of Calumet had been sold to
247-484: The post on 11/9/57. Bold Ruler went wire to wire on an "off' track and was named U.S. 3-Yr-Old Champion Male (1957) and DRF/TSD U.S. Horse of the Year (1957). There was no Trenton Handicap from 1977 through 1984 after a fire destroyed the Garden State Park Racetrack grandstand. The business did not reopen until new owners rebuilt the facility in 1984. There was another Trenton Handicap which
266-625: The summer of 1929 to a New York company, Postum . Postum, with numerous acquisitions, soon became General Foods . The purchase and subsequent Wall Street Crash of 1929 , just months later, left the Wrights among the wealthiest people in America during the Great Depression . Warren Wright Sr. would also make his name and that of the family business the "gold standard" for Thoroughbred racing and breeding. William Monroe Wright had moved
285-586: The top money-earning farm in racing for 12 years. In 1969, the Keeneland Association honored Calumet Farm with its Keeneland Mark of Distinction for their contribution to Keeneland and the Thoroughbred industry. Lucille Wright died in 1982 and according to the terms of her first husband's will, the farm went to the heirs of their only child, Warren Wright, Jr. (1920–1978). John Thomas "J.T." Lundy, who married Lucille "Cindy" Wright, took over as head of operations and president. Calumet Farm won
304-526: The tradition and won another four as Calumet Farm set the record of eight official Derby winners. Its racing silks were known throughout the land as the famous "devil's red and blue". In 1934, Mr. Wright had given National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Arcaro his start by putting him under contract and letting him ride at Narragansett Park during its inaugural year. Arcaro would ride three of Calumet's Derby winners and both Triple Crown winners. In late summer of 1949, Mr. Wright suffered
323-521: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The Pennsylvania Railroad named its baggage car #5868 the "Calumet Farm". A key move was acquiring part ownership in Blenheim , a stallion imported from England , and its foundation sire, Bull Lea . Under Warren Wright, Sr. and his wife Lucille Parker Wright , who inherited the property on his death in 1950, Calumet was
342-629: Was run at Havre de Grace Racetrack . Speed record: Most wins: Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a 762-acre (3.08 km ) 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 , a well-known horse breeding region. Calumet Farm has
361-504: Was the owner of one of America's most successful Thoroughbred horse racing operations. Wright was born in Ohio and raised in Chicago . In 1914, he became chairman of Chicago's Calumet Baking Powder company. He took the reins from his father, William Monroe Wright (1851 - 1931) the founder of the company . He guided it so prosperously that Calumet Baking Powder was sold for $ 32 million in
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