Ethel D. Jacobs
Ethel Jacobs | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1910 Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, New York |
| Occupation | Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder |
| Spouse | Hirsch Jacobs |
| Children | John William Patrice Thomas E.W. |
Ethel D. Jacobs (March 18, 1910 - November 9, 2001) was a prominent American Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who was a three-time leading owner in North America.
Married to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs, Ethel Jacobs used salmon pink and green racing silks. She and her husband owned Stymie Manor, a horse breeding operation in Sparks, Maryland. She owned and raced a number of successful horses trained by her husband and her son. Ethel Jacobs was the leading owner in North America in 1936, 1937, and 1943. Among her notable horses were:
- Stymie - 1975 United States' Racing Hall of Fame, retired as the world's leading money-earner
- Searching - 1978 United States' Racing Hall of Fame
- Affectionately - 1989 United States' Racing Hall of Fame
- Personality, won the 1970 Preakness Stakes, voted American Horse of the Year
- High Echelon, won the 1970 Belmont Stakes
A racing family
U.S. Triple Crown champion Affirmed
.
Ethel and Hirsch Jacobs maintained homes in
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York
.
References
- ^ via Associated Press. "Hirsh Jacobs Absolved in Hores Doping Case: New York Racing Commission Probe Finds Trainer and Help Blameless", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 2, 1961. Accessed June 18, 2009. Trainer Hirsh Jacobs, who exactly one year ago saddled his 3,000th winner for a world record, was absolved of blame today in the stimulation of a filly owned by his wife, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs of Forest Hills, N. Y."