R. Wyndham Walden
Robert Wyndham Walden (August 2, 1844 – April 28, 1905) was one of the most successful American
Known by his middle name, Wyndham, in 1872 Walden and his wife Caroline moved from New York City to Middleburg in Carroll County, Maryland where they established "Bowling Brook Farm" to breed and train thoroughbred race horses.
Wyndham Walden trained his first
His son Robert J. Walden won the 1899 Kentucky Derby with Manuel, owned by the Morris brothers, Alfred and Dave.
His daughter, Minnie Walden, married jockey Fred Littlefield who rode Refund to his 1888 Preakness Stakes victory and was aboard Bowling Brook for the win in the 1898 Belmont Stakes.
On Wyndham Walden's death in 1905, Bowling Brook Farm was taken over by his wife, then on her death by their son Robert, who lived there until his death in 1951. Over the Walden family's eighty-year history in racing they raised and trained winners of more than one thousand races.
Classic Race winning horses
Kentucky Derby:
- Manuel (1899)
Preakness Stakes:
- Tom Ochiltree (1875)
- Duke of Magenta (1878)
- Harold (1879)
- Grenada (1880)
- Saunterer (1881)
- Vanguard(1882)
- Refund (1888)
Belmont Stakes:
- Duke of Magenta (1878)
- Grenada(1880)
- Saunterer (1881)
- Bowling Brook (1898)
References
- ^ "R. W. Walden". Racingmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Hoppert, Melissa (May 19, 2018). "Justify Wins the Preakness, Keeping Alive Hopes for a Triple Crown". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2018.