Related Historical Markers

By Michael Stroud

Man o' War Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington — 1215 — Man o' War — Fair Play - Mahubah, by Rock Sand —

Greatest race horse and leading money winner of his day. Winner of twenty of twenty-one starts with lifetime earnings of $249,465. Foaled March 29, 1917, at August Belmont's Nursery Stud a few miles away. Sold at auction as yearling for $5,000 . . . — — Map (db m4741) HM

2 ► California, San Mateo County, San Bruno — Seabiscuit —

Seabiscuit Born 1933 Sired by Hard Tack – Out of Swing On Owner – Charles S. Howard Jockeys Red Pollard – George Woolf World’s Champion Money Winner to 1938 — — Map (db m18406) HM

3 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Doswell — ND-10 — Meadow Farm — Birthplace of Secretariat —

This famous horsebreeding farm was established in 1936 by Christopher T. Chenery and continued under the management of his daughter, Helen “Penny” Chenery until 1979. Secretariat (1970–-1989), also known as “Big Red,” . . . — — Map (db m1890) HM