Ethel D. Jacobs (March 18, 1910 - November 9, 2001) was a prominent American

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racehorse owner/breeder who was a three-time leading owner in North America. Married to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer

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, Ethel Jacobs used salmon pink and green racing silks. She and her husband owned Stymie Manor, a horse breeding operation in

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. She owned and raced a number of successful horses trained by her husband and her son. Ethel Jacobs was the leading owner in North America in 1936, 1937, and 1943. Among her notable horses were: *

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- 1975 United States' Racing Hall of Fame, retired as the world's leading money-earner *

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- 1978 United States' Racing Hall of Fame * Affectionately - 1989 United States' Racing Hall of Fame *

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, won the 1970

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, voted American Horse of the Year *

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, won the 1970 Belmont Stakes

A racing family

The Jacobses' son,

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, trained horses including Personality and High Echelon. Son Thomas also bred horses, and daughter Patrice married

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and the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown champion

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. Ethel and Hirsch Jacobs maintained homes in Forest Hills, Queens, and

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"Hirsh Jacobs Absolved in Hores Doping Case: New York Racing Commission Probe Finds Trainer and Help Blameless"
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'', April 2, 1961. Accessed June 18, 2009. Trainer Hirsh Jacobs, who exactly one year ago saddled his 3,000th winner for a world record, was absolved of blame today in the stimulation of a filly owned by his wife, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs of Forest Hills, N. Y." She died in 2001 of pneumonia at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach at age 91 and was buried in the

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References

Sources

June 26, 1961 ''Sports Illustrated'' feature story on the Jacobs family

* [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2001/November/10/Owner-Ethel-Jacobs-dies-in-Florida-at-91.aspx November 10, 2001 ''Thoroughbred Times'' article titled ''Owner Ethel Jacobs dies in Florida at 91''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Ethel D. 1910 births 2001 deaths American racehorse owners and breeders Owners of Preakness Stakes winners Owners of Belmont Stakes winners Burials at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York) People from Forest Hills, Queens People from Yonkers, New York