Samuel Clay Hildreth (1866 - September 24, 1929) was an American thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner. 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Born in Independence, Missouri, Sam Hildreth began his training career in 1887, competing at racetracks in the Midwestern United States. In 1898 he moved to New York City where thoroughbred racing was a leading sport offering the largest purses. He was first hired to train horses owned by wealthy businessman William Collins Whitney but soon set out on his own, buying horses for himself and training for others. He won his first of seven Belmont Stakes in 1899 with the horse "Jean Beraud" for owner Sydney Paget. Independence is a city located in Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841–February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and founder of the prominent Whitney family. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

By the turn of the century, Samuel Hildreth had expanded his New York operations and owned the largest racing stables at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. That year, he appointed former outlaw Frank James as his betting commissioner at the track. Among the horses Hildreth owned was "Fitz Herbert" (b.1906) who won the Brooklyn Handicap, Suburban Handicap, and the Jerome Handicap enroute to being named Horse of the Year in 1909 and again in 1910. Simultaneously his horse "King James" won other important races in 1909 including the Brooklyn Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Sheepshead Bay Handicap, and the California Handicap. In 1909 Hildreth also won his second Belmont Stakes with his own horse "Joe Madden" and went on to capture the first of three consecutive leading owner and trainer honors in the United States. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Butch Cassidy, a famous Western American outlaw An outlaw, a person living the lifestyle of outlawry, meaning literally outside of the law. ... Alexander Franklin Frank James (January 10, 1843 - February 18, 1915) was an American outlaw and older brother of Jesse James. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

Sam Hildreth's stable trained for other prominent owners such as August Belmont, Jr. for whom he won back-to-back Belmont Stakes in 1916 and 1917. He also met with great success training for Rancocas Stable owned by wealthy oil industrialist Harry F. Sinclair. For Sinclair he won three Belmont Stakes with "Grey Lag" in 1921, "Zev" in 1923 and "Mad Play" in 1924. In an era before the Triple Crown had any significance, Hildreth only entered a few horses in the Kentucky Derby because of the time restraints for the long journey to Kentucky. As such, David J. Leary is listed as the trainer of Zev for his win in the 1923 Kentucky Derby. Back in New York, in October of that year, Zev defeated Epsom Derby winner Papyrus marking the first time a Kentucky Derby winner defeated an English Derby winner. August Belmont, Jr. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... Harry Ford Sinclair, Time Magazine cover: April 9, 1928 Harry Ford Sinclair (July 6, 1876 - November 10, 1956) was an American oil industrialist. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Official languages English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 37th 104,749 km² 1. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ...

Twice Sam Hildreth twice won more races in a year than any other trainer in the United States and was the top money-earning trainer nine times, a record that stood for more than sixty years until broken by D. Wayne Lukas in 1992. Hildreth's seven Belmont Stakes victories ranks him second only to James Rowe, Sr. and five times his horses won the Horse of the Year, the highest honor in thoroughbred horse racing. Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. ... James Rowe, Sr. ...

In 1925, Hildreth co-wrote an article with James R. Crowell titled "Down the Stretch" for the The Saturday Evening Post. The two then collaborated on a history of American racing in a book titled "The Spell of the Turf" published in 1926 by J. P. Lippincott & Co. of Philadelphia. A cover of the Saturday Evening Post from 1903 The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

After forty-three years as a horse trainer, Sam Hildreth passed away at a hospital in Manhattan, New York following an unsuccessful operation for an intestinal disorder. He was buried in Saratoga Springs, New York. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... For the city in Utah, see Saratoga Springs, Utah Saratoga Springs is a city located in Saratoga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,186. ...

In 1955, Sam Hildreth was posthumously inducted into the newly-formed National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 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. ...