Whirlaway (1938-1959) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... 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. ...

A chestnut colt, he was sired by "Blenheim II," out of the dam "Dustwhirl" at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Calumet Farm is a 762 acre race horse breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. ... City nickname: Horse Capital of the World Location in the state of Kentucky County Fayette Mayor Teresa Isaac Area  - Land  - Water 285. ...

Trained by Ben A. Jones and ridden by Eddie Arcaro, in 1941 he won the U.S. Triple Crown by capturing the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. He was voted Horse of the Year for 1941 and repeated as Horse of the Year in 1942. Ben Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer. ... Eddie Arcaro (February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997) was born George Edward Arcaro in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... 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. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... This article is about the year. ...

///// Whirlaway ridden by George Woolf, who won the Pimlico Special in 1938 (Seabiscuit), 1940 (Challedon), and 1942 (Whirlaway), rode the 1941 Triple Crown winner at a leisurely pace during the 1942 Special in a walkover. No opponent had been found to challange the great horse for the race.

Arcaro, who successfully rode Whirlaway in all his three year old victories, missed the 1942 season because of racing infractions and was warned off all American tracks. Woolf who gleefully took the reins of Whirlaway for most of the 1942 season, was busted after bringing Whirlaway to the position of all-time-money winner. After the race that brought Whirlaway the title of all-time-money winner, Woolf was asked by turfwriters if Whirlaway was the greatest horse he had ever ridden, Woolf made the most outspoken mistake of his career by declaring that "...No, Seabiscuit was the greatest horse I have ever ridden." Woolf an outspoken, but knowledgeable critic of pedigree, had stated publically many times that he didn't respect Blenheim II as a stud, even though Blenheim had great bloodlines himself, Woolf wasn't off-target by much. Whirlaway and Jet Pilot were about the only champions from literally 100's and 100's of offspring to prove out. ///// L. Reinwand (Woolf Biographer)

At age five, Whirlaway was retired to stud and later shipped to France to stand at stud for Marcel Boussac. Out of his 60 races, Whirlaway finished his career with 32 wins, 15 seconds, and 9 thirds. Marcel Boussac April 17, 1889 – March 21, 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history. ...

Whirlaway was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1959. In The Blood-Horse ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Whirlaway was ranked #26. 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. ... The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 United States thoroughbred horse racing champions of the 20th Century: Man O War Secretariat Citation Kelso Count Fleet Dr. Fager Native Dancer Forego Seattle Slew Spectacular Bid Tom Fool Affirmed War Admiral Buckpasser Colin Damascus Round Table Cigar Bold Ruler Swaps Equipose...