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Champion Koso is owned by Mrs. Richard du Ponl.
Horse Racing
Sport of Queens
They'll be off and running next Saturday
in the Kentucky Derby and if history is
any indication, watch the Thoroughbreds
that carry the colors of elegant ladies
By JACK RYAN
THERE is ONE pretty sure bet for the Ken
tucky Derby next Saturday no filly will
win. In 87 Runs for the Roses at Churchill
Downs, only one female, Regret, has ever led
the pack, and that was back in 1915.
Rut with that note, abandon uny idea you may have
that Thoroughbred racing is strictly a male domain if
anything, it has become a sport of queens, at least in the
owners' circle. In the past 20 Derbies, 11 winners have
been owned or co-owned by women.
Last year's winner. Carry Back, was entered in the
name of Mrs. Jack Price, and an early winter-book favor
ite this year, Ridan, races under the colors of Mrs. Moody
Jolley. She turned the horse over to her 23-year-old son
LeRoy, who helped develop the colt, purchased for $11,000,
into a $350,000 winner with plenty of races still to come.
Mrs. Price, whose Carry Back has won $1 million so far,
will be the first to admit she's a "nominal owner." Her
husband, a silk-suited dynamo packed into n muscular
5-foot, 4-inch frame, made enough money to retire at 50
and devote himself to developing Thoroughbreds.
Blonde, cheerful Mrs. Price acts as a sort of official
hostess: after a win, she accepts the trophy with gracious
words while Jack hovers anxiously over his sweating
horseflesh. At victory dinners, Mrs. Price sees that the
social circles keep revolving while her husband huddles
in a corner discussing promising yearlings. But she's
also out at dawn with Jack to watch the exercises, and
the experts give her credit for helping gentle Carry Back
from the ill temper of his younger days and making
him, in her own -words, "just one of the family."
Another of Mrs. Price's duties was revealed last year
after Carry Back won the Preakness. Newsmen asked
Price if he had any bad moments during the thrilling
Hidan, owned by the Moody Jolleys (left), was given lo
son l.efloy (with wife. rinhl), who mode it $350,000 winner.
come-from-behind victory. "Not as much during the race
as before it," he replied.
Ever since the couple started racing horses, Price ex
plained, his wife, a notorious bad-luck bettor, had faithfully
made "poison bets" on rival entries to jinx them. "As they
were going to the post," Price said, "I asked Katherine if
she had laid down her poison bets. She said no, she'd for
gotten. I want to tell you I talked to her pretty hard right
then and there!"
The lecture must have been taken to heart: Mrs. Price
is back wagering poison bets, and Carry Back is still .
taking the big stakes.
Many of the women owners, however, take an active
part in the buying, training, and racing of horses regis
tered in their names. There's no glamour or glory here,
just chilly dawn vigils clocking promising yearlings and
long hours with veterinarians and trainers.
A good example of the knowledgeable woman horse
owner is Mrs. Richard du Pont III, who races Kelso,
the Horse of the Year in 1960 and 1961. Mrs. du Pont is
no newcomer to the world of fine horses. "I've been riding
since my grandfather gave me a pony when I was a small
girl," she says, "and riding is still my favorite exercise."
She is mistress of the fox hounds for an exclusive Dela
ware hunt club, and her 23-year-old daughter Laura is
a champion equestrienne.
"I can't remember when I first went to the races," she
adds, "but I think it was when I was a little girl and was
taken to Havre de Grace. How racing and tracks have
changed since then!" After her marriage, Mrs. du Pont
took up her husband's avocation, glider flying, and held
the women's altitude record (her son is now an airline
pilot). Mr. du Pont was killed in a California crash, and
in 1953 his widow returned to her beloved horses.
"The 'thrill' with Thoroughbreds isn't just in winning,"
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Price are winning big stakes with Carry
Bach, whose ill temper Mrs. Price had nipped in the bud.