Gwyn R. Tompkins
| Gwyn Tompkins | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Matron Stakes (1925) (1925)Withers Stakes Harbor Hill Steeplechase (1926) Catskill Stakes (1931)
|
| Racing awards | |
| United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings (1925) | |
| Significant horses | |
| American Flag, Friar's Carse, Maid at Arms | |
Gwyn R. Tompkins (1861 – November 26, 1938) was an American
flat racing
.
Tompkins owned and trained
American Grand National. [1] Fifteen years later he gained national prominence in flat racing when he took over from Louis Feustel in 1923 as head trainer for Sam Riddle's famous Glen Riddle Farm
.
While training for Riddle, 1925 Gwyn Tompkins accomplished something extraordinary in Thoroughbred racing when he conditioned the
Friar's Carse), the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (Maid at Arms), and the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (American Flag). In addition, that same year Tompkins prepared the then two-year-old Crusader who would earn 1926 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and Horse of the Year honors. For 1925, Gwyn Tompkins was the United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings
.
A story in the November 1, 1925 issue of the flat racing.
A resident of Warrenton, Virginia where Mrs. Sloan maintained her stable, in November 1938 the then seventy-seven-year-old Gwyn Tompkins took a heavy fall on ice and died in hospital as a result of his injuries.
References
- May 31, 1910 New York Times article "Rossfenton Takes Grand National"
- June 14, 1925 New York Times article on American Flag's win in the Belmont Stakes and the Keene Memorial win by Friar's Carse
- November 27, 1938 New York Times article titled "Gwyn R. Tompkins; Horse Trainer for Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane Dies of Fall on Ice"