John Huggins (February 25, 1848 – May 8, 1917) was an American owner and trainer in Thoroughbred racing the New York Times called one of the most successful trainers in America. A native of Texas, in 1886 he won the American Classic Race the Preakness Stakes with The Bard. He also had considerable success racing in England where he won two British Classic Races. The first came with Sibola in the 1899 1000 Guineas Stakes and the second with Volodyovski in the Epsom Derby of 1901, a year in which he was the British Champion Trainer.[1][2] His win of the Epsom Derby was the first ever by an American trainer and is commemorated in a Historical Marker in front of Huggins hometown city hall in Fulshear, Texas.[3]
John Huggins died in 1917 at his home in Fulshear at the age of 69. He is interred in the Fulshear Cemetery.[4][5] In 1979, the new Huggins Elementary School at No. 1 Huggins Dr. in Fulshear, Texas was named in his honor.[6]
U.S. Champions trained:
The Bard - 1886 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
La Tosca - 1891 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Lamplighter - 1893 American Champion Older Male Horse
References
edit- ^ "Whitney's Racing Plans - Lord Beresford's Death Leaves John Huggins in His Employ". New York Times. January 2, 1901. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Preakness Stakes - Preakness Origins". preakness-stakes.info. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Historical Marker - Town of Fulshear". Waymarking.com. 2006-04-09. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Veteran Trainer John Huggins Dies". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1917-05-11. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "John Huggins grave". Findagrave. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Home to a Proud Past". City of Fulshear, Texas. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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