Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. (born 1915 in Centreville, Maryland) is a retired Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Centreville is a town located in Queen Annes County, Maryland. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Born and raised on a farm with an inbred work ethic, Frank Whiteley grew up around horses and from a very early age was intent on racing them. Developing his skills, by age twenty-one he had embarked on a professional training career in his home state. He would retire forty-nine years later having trained some of the most famous American racehorses of the second half of the 20th Century. Farms, East of Gorgan, Iran. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

American Classics winners

Whiteley's first Champion was Tom Rolfe, who gave him his first win Classic winner in 1965 when Ron Turcotte rode him to victory in the Preakness Stakes. In 1967, Whitelely had his second Champion in Damascus who won two more Classics for him and was voted the 1967 Horse of the Year. Long reticent about talking to the media, leading up to the 1967 Kentucky Derby Whiteley finally gave in as a result of all the hoopla surrounding Damascus. According to a New York Post newspaper article, "the first question was “How did Damascus sleep last night?” To which Whiteley replied, “How the hell would I know? I didn’t sleep with him.” Then he turned and walked back into the barn." [1] The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ... The racehorse Tom Rolfe (1962 - 1989) was one of the best American sons of the great racehorse and sire Ribot. ... The American Classic Races consist of: 1) Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky held annually on the first Saturday of May; 2) Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland held annually in May on the Saturday two weeks after the Kentucky Derby; 3) Belmont Stakes at... Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte (born July 22, 1941) is a world-famous jockey. ... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Damascus (1964-1995) was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer (1959s Horse of the Year) out of Kerala (by My Babu) foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest[] newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ...

Ruffian

For the 1974 racing season, Frank Whitelely conditioned the horse with which he is most famously associated. Ruffian is considered by many as not only one of the greatest American fillys of all time, but one of the greatest American Thoroughbreds of either sex. Undefeated as a two-year-old, she was voted the U.S. Champion Filly for 1974 and earned that honor again in 1975 when she captured the U.S. Triple Tiara. The great filly set or equaled a race record in her ten consecutive wins. In her eleventh and final race, a match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975, she went up against that year's Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. With a crowd of more than fifty thousand watching from the grandstand, and millions watching on national television, Ruffian had taken a half of a length lead on the colt when both sesamoid bones in her right foreleg snapped. Despite surgery, she had to be euthanized. Ruffian (April 17, 1972-July 7, 1975) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse, considered by many to be the greatest female racehorse of all time. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ... The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of horse races in the United States which is open to three year old fillies. ... A Match race is a regatta for two sailing boats, racing each other around a course. ... Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Foolish Pleasure (1972-1994) is an American bay thoroughbred race horse who was one of the top three three-year-old colts of his time. ... The term Colt, when used by itself, can refer to: A firearm produced by Colts Manufacturing Company, founded by Samuel Colt. ... In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Actor Sam Shepard plays the role of Frank Whiteley in the made-for-television movie, Ruffian scheduled to air June 9, 2007 on the ABC television network. [2] Actor Sam Shepard mulls over a scene in the motion picture Stealth, while filming on June 15, 2004, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...

Forego

In 1976, Frank Whiteley took over the training of six-year-old champion, Forego and guided the gelding to his third straight Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year and Outstanding Older Male Horse title. In 1977, he conditioned Forego for another successful season that saw him earn his fourth Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse. Forego (1970-1997) was a highly successful American thoroughbred racehorse. ... A gelding is a castrated animal—in English, a castrated male horse. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...

Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1978 and in 1998 to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. Beginning in 1965, he wintered his horses at Marion duPont Scott's training Center in Camden, South Carolina which set a trend with other horsemen that continues to this day. In recognition of his contribution to the Thoroughbred racing industry and the economy of the city of Camden, in 2003 the city council honored him with "Frank Whiteley Day" and awarded him a key to the city. In addition, that same year the Governor of South Carolina awarded him the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest civilian honor. The "Frank Whiteley Room" at the Camden Archive houses a permanent collection founded in his honor. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Camden is a city located in Kershaw County, South Carolina. ... The Order of the Palmetto is the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina. ...

Whiteley's son, David, followed in his footsteps as a successful trainer of a number of graded stakes race winners. A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ...

References

• November 25, 2003 Thoroughbred Times article on South Carolina honors for Frank Whiteley
• Frank Whiteley, Jr. at the United States' Racing Hall of Fame