William B. Duke (December 5, 1857 - January 26, 1926) was a U. S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won eight French Classic Races, was a five-time national champion trainer in France and, after returning to the United States in late 1924, won the 1925 Kentucky Derby and the 1925 Preakness Stakes.[1]
| William B. Duke |
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| Occupation | Trainer |
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| Born | (1857-12-05)December 5, 1857
Wellsville, New York, USA |
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| Died | January 26, 1926(1926-01-26) (aged 68)
Wellsville, New York, USA |
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France:
Prix du President de la Republique (1903)
Grand Prix de Deauville (1904, 1906, 1921)
Critérium International (1905, 1911)
Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte
(1905, 1907, 1911, 1920)
Prix de la Forêt (1905, 1911, 1924)
Prix Morny (1905, 1909, 1910)
Prix Lupin (1906, 1920)
Prix Kergorlay
(1904, 1906, 1909, 1910)
Prix Hocquart (1906)
Prix Monarque (1906)
Prix du Conseil Municipal (1906)
La Coupe d'Or (1906)
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud
(1906, 1908, 1910, 1924)
Prix Boiard (1907)
Prix des Sablons (1907)
Prix Delatre (1908, 1909)
Prix Daru (1909, 1924)
Prix la Rochette (1910)
Prix Greffulhe (1914)
Prix du Gros Chêne (1919, 1924)
French Classics wins:
Prix du Jockey Club
(1906, 1908, 1909, 1919, 1924)
Prix Royal-Oak (1906, 1910)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1919)
United States:
Travers Stakes (1925), Initial Handicap (1925)
American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (1925)
Preakness Stakes (1925) |
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French Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by wins
(1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911) |
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| U. S. Racing Hall of Fame (1956) |
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| Maintenon, Oversight, Prestige, Pot au Feu, Coventry, Flying Ebony |
Little more than a year after he returned to the United States, William Duke died at his home in Wellsville, New York on January 26, 1926.[2]
