Winbert F. "Bert" Mulholland (August 27, 1883 - July 12, 1968) was an American

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Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. Born in

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, the American heartland for

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, Bert Mulholland began his career in racing as an exercise rider for his uncle, W. C. "Farmer Bill" Scully. In 1923 Bert Mulholland became a foreman for the

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racing stable. He eventually became Jack Joyner's assistant trainer and in 1933 was made head trainer, a position in which he had considerable success. Racing primarily at tracks on the

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, among his successes he won the 1962

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, the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, and through 2018 he holds the record for most wins in the prestigious

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with five. Champions trained by Bert Mulholland: * High Fleet -

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(1943) * Platter - American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1943) * Stefanita - American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1943) * Battlefield - American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1950) * Evening Out -

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(1953) *

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- American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1962) In 1967, Bert Mulholland was inducted in the United States' U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. A resident of

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, he died at age eighty-four in 1968 at Germantown Hospital in

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References

July 13, 1968 ''New York Times'' obituary for Bert Mulholland National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulholland, Winbert F. 1883 births 1968 deaths American horse trainers United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees Horse trainers from Lexington, Kentucky