Winbert F. Mulholland
Horse trainer, Hall of fame inductee
1883 – 1968
Who was Winbert F. Mulholland?
Winbert F. "Bert" Mulholland was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the American heartland for Thoroughbred horse breeding, Bert Mulholland began his career in racing as an exercise rider for his uncle, W. C. "Farmer Bill" Scully.
In 1923 Bert Mulholland became a foreman for the George D. Widener, Jr. racing stable. He eventually became Jack Joyner's assistant trainer and in 1933 was made head trainer, a position in which he had considerable success. Racing primarily at tracks on the East Coast of the United States, among his successes he won the 1962 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, and going into 2010 he holds the record for most number of wins in the prestigious Travers Stakes with five.
Champions trained by Bert Mulholland:
Platter - American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
Stefanita - American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Battlefield - American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
Evening Out - American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Jaipur - American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
In 1967, Bert Mulholland was inducted in the United States' U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. A resident of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, he died at age eighty-four in 1968 at Germantown Hospital in Philadelphia.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1883
Lexington - Also known as
- Winbert Mulholland
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 12, 1968
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on July 23, 2013
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