Milton Holbrook Sanford (August 29, 1813 - August 3, 1883) was an American businessman and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ...

Born in Medway, Massachusetts, the son of Sewall Sanford and Edena Holbrook, Milton Sanford would become one of the town's greatest benefactors. [1] Sanford owned wool and cotton mills and made a fortune manufacturing blankets for the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1883 he built the Sanford Textile Mill in Medway which still stands to this day as a condominium property.   Medway is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

Thoroughbred horse racing

Wealthy enough to satisfy his passion for Thoroughbred horse racing, Milton H. Sanford owned Preakness Stables at the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue in Preakness, New Jersey as well as the 544 acre Preakness Stud Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... Nickname: Athens of the West Horse Capital of the World Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area    - City 739. ...

In the summer of 1868, following a day of racing at Saratoga Race Course, Milton Sanford hosted a now famous dinner party for horsemen and other distinguished guests at the Union Hall Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York. During the evening, John W. Hunter suggested that the occasion be marked with the creation of a Stakes race to be called the Dinner Party Stakes with a very substantial purse of $15,000. It was agreed that the race be held in the fall of 1870 and be open to three-year old colts and fillies at a distance of two miles. Maryland governor Oden Bowie was in attendance and he promised that if the race would be run in Maryland, he would see to it that a new racetrack would be built to host it. As a result, Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore was built and on October 25, 1870 a horse named Preakness owned by Milton Sanford won the inaugural Dinner Party Stakes. The Preakness Stakes, established at Pimlico Race Course in 1873, was named in honor of Sanford's horse. Saratoga Race Course is a famous horse-racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... Saratoga Springs redirects here. ... John Ward Hunter (October 15, 1807 - April 16, 1900) was a United States Representative from New York. ... 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. ... The term Colt, when used by itself, can refer to: A firearm produced by Colts Manufacturing Company, founded by Samuel Colt. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... Robert L. Ehrlich, the 60th and current Governor of Maryland. ... Categories: People stubs | Governors of Maryland | Maryland State Senators | 1826 births | 1894 deaths ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq mi (32,160 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... Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town[1][2], B-more Motto: The Greatest City in America[3], Get in on it. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...

In 1881, the sixty-eight-year-old Milton Sanford sold Preakness Stud to Daniel Swigert who renamed it Elmendorf Farm. He died less than two years later at his summerhouse at 72 Washington Street in Newport, Rhode Island and is buried in his birthplace of Medway, Massachusetts where Sanford Hall and Sanford Street are named in his honor. Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ...

References

• Newport Historical Society information on Milton H. Sanford
• Medway, Massachusetts Public library
• Race name origins from the offical Preakness Stakes website
• Thoroughbred Heritage.com information of Milton H. Sanford