billrock
07-07-2007, 03:09 AM
On this date in 1934 Mary Hirsch became the first female to be licensed as a thoroughbred trainer, in Illinois. Hirsch subsequently was licensed in Michigan that year and two years later, on April 9, she was licensed by The Jockey Club to train in New York.
On this date in 1978 Dudate Windswept, driven by Stephen Guy, set the world record for geldings trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning in 1:58 at Laurel, Maryland.
On this date in 1978 Dudate Windswept, driven by Stephen Guy, set the world record for geldings trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning in 1:58 at Laurel, Maryland.