Robert Augustus Smith (1869 - December 4, 1942) was a two-time U.S. National Champion trainer of

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

racehorses and a U. S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who won the

1934 Kentucky Derby The 1934 Kentucky Derby was the 60th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1934. The win by the Brookmeade Stable of Isabel Dodge Sloane marked the fifth time in Derby history that a woman was the winning owner. Horses Pri ...

with Cavalcade and the 1934 Preakness Stakes with High Quest. In addition to his own, Smith trained horses to four National Championships including

American Horse of the Year The American Award for Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. Because Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has no governing body to sanction the various awards, "Hor ...

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