Macdonald Benson
| Macdonald Benson | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Sir Barton Stakes (1999) (2009)
Nijinsky Stakes (2001) Canadian Stakes (2003) My Dear Stakes (2003) Nassau Stakes (2004) Del Mar Oaks (2005) Whimsical Stakes (2005) E. P. Taylor Stakes (2006) La Lorgnette Stakes (2008) Eclipse Stakes Santa Amelia |
Macdonald "Mac" Benson (born June 30, 1930, in
Canadian Classics
.
Mac Benson embarked on his professional training career in 1958 and began by working for prominent Delaware
William du Pont, Jr. He later would operate a public stable, racing at tracks in Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland. Among his clients in the early 1970s was another duPont family member, Bayard Sharp, who was a founding director of Delaware Park Racetrack and a former president of The Blood-Horse Inc. magazine. In 1976, Benson was offered a job by the head of operations for Windfields Farm who raced in Canada and the United States, and who maintained breeding operations in Maryland and Ontario
.
Settling in the
Canadian Horse of the Year
honors.
In 2002, Mac Benson was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.