Richard E. "Dick" Dutrow Sr. (March 8, 1937 – February 19, 1999) was an American
Thoroughbred
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racehorse trainer. Dutrow, along with
King T. Leatherbury,
John J. Tammaro Jr. and
Hall of Fame
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inductee
Bud Delp, were known as Maryland racing's
"Big Four". They dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and 1970s and helped modernize
flat racing training.
Richard Dutrow Sr. began training race horses in the 1950s. Living in
Hagerstown, Maryland
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United States and the county seat of Washington County. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2020 census was 43,527, and the population of the Hagerstown metropolitan area (exten ...
, where his son
Richard Jr. was born in 1959, his success at the small half-mile track in his hometown plus at others in such places as
Bel Air,
Upper Marlboro and
Cumberland
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as well as at
Waterford Park
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in
Chester, West Virginia led to his moving to the larger tracks on the Maryland racing circuit. For many years Dutrow concentrated on making a living through winning as many races as possible through his astute horse selection and his training methods. However, later in his career he competed on the
New York racing circuit and developed top
Grade I
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winners such as
Lite The Fuse
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and the horse known as the "King of
Aqueduct,"
King's Swan. He trained future
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee
Flawlessly
Flawlessly (1988–2002) was an American Thoroughbred race horse bred by Harbor View Farm. She was a daughter of 1978 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion Affirmed and La Confidence by Nijinsky II.
At two, she trained under Dick Dutro ...
through her two-year-old season before the filly was sent by her owner to race in
California
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.
In 1975, Richard Dutrow led all trainers in the United States with a then record 352 wins.
Although Richard E. Dutrow Sr. died in 1999, as at April 2010 he remains in the all-time top fifteen in career wins by trainers.
Equibase All-Time top trainers list
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References
4. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-02-20/sports/9902200367_1_horses-dutrow-trainer
External links
Richard Dutrow Jr..com
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American horse trainers
1937 births
1999 deaths
Sportspeople from Hagerstown, Maryland