Carl Henry Hanford (March 12, 1916 - August 14, 2011) was a United States Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for guiding Kelso to five straight

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titles; no other horse has won more than three times. Hanford's training career was interrupted when he served five years in the

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during World War II. Carl Hanford also notably trained

La Corredora La Corredora (foaled 1949) was an American Thoroughbred racemare voted the American Champion Handicap Mare of 1953 by the New York Turf Writers Association. La Corredora, which in the Spanish language means "The Runner", was sired by multiple s ...

, a

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voted the Champion Handicap Mare of 1953 by the New York Turf Writers Association.

Ira Hanford Ira G. "Babe" Hanford (February 24, 1918 – November 21, 2009) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse in the 1936 Kentucky Derby. Biography He was born in Fairbury, Nebraska, and was Jewish. He rode the winning horse Bold Ventur ...

was a brother of Carl who in 1936 became the first apprentice jockey to ever win the

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.''New York Times'' August 21, 2011 article titled Carl Hanford, Kelso’s Trainer, Dies at 95
Retrieved October 12, 2018

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1916 births 2011 deaths American horse trainers United States Army personnel of World War II United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees People from Fairbury, Nebraska People from Wilmington, Delaware {{US-horseracing-bio-stub