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American racehorse trainer
MacKenzie Todd Miller Occupation
Trainer /
Owner /
Breeder Born (1921-10-16 ) October 16, 1921
Versailles ,
Kentucky ,
United States Died December 10, 2010(2010-12-10) (aged 89)
Lexington ,
Kentucky ,
United States Career wins 1,103
Champlain Handicap (1955)
Arlington Lassie Stakes (1956)
Astoria Stakes (1956)
Alcibiades Stakes (1956)
Falls City Handicap (1957)
John A. Morris Handicap (1959, 1974, 1975, 1993)
Matron Stakes (1960)
Bernard Baruch Handicap (1966, 1969 (2), 1971, 1973 (2), 1990)
United Nations Handicap (1966, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1984)
Long Island Handicap (1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Round Table Handicap (1967, 1969)
Lamplighter Handicap (1968)
Jerome Handicap (1969, 1982)
Man o' War Handicap (1969, 1975)
Roamer Handicap (1970)
Tremont Stakes (1970, 1992)
Hopeful Stakes (1971, 1987)
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1971)
Whitney Handicap (1971, 1987)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1972, 1974, 1985)
Salvator Mile Handicap (1972)
Del Mar Handicap (1973)
Governor Stakes (1973)
Metropolitan Handicap (1973, 1984)
Red Smith Handicap (1973, 1984, 1991)
Toboggan Handicap (1973)
Manhattan Handicap (1975, 1986)
Bowling Green Handicap (1975)
Peter Pan Stakes (1976)
Diana Handicap (1977, 1984, 1988, 1989)
Suburban Handicap (1978, 1980, 1983, 1984)
Brooklyn Handicap (1980, 1984)
Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap (1980, 1987)
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1981)
Travers Stakes (1987, 1993)
Bowling Green Handicap (1984)
Comely Stakes (1984)
Lexington Stakes (1985)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1987)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1990)
Champagne Stakes (1992)
Laurel Dash Stakes (1993)
Top Flight Handicap (1993)
New York Stakes (1994)
International race wins:
Canadian International Stakes (1975)
Prix d'Aumale (1982, 1983)
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1993)
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1987)
Assagai ,
Fit to Fight ,
Java Gold ,
Halo ,
Hawaii ,
Leallah ,
Red Ransom ,
Sea Hero ,
Snow Knight ,
Tentam ,
Winter's Tale
MacKenzie "Mack" Todd Miller
[1] (October 16, 1921 – December 10, 2010) was an American
Thoroughbred
racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six-year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, including four
Eclipse Award champions.
Education and military service
Mack Miller grew up near the
Keeneland Race Course , and attended its first race in 1936. He studied at the
Bolles School in
Jacksonville, Florida then at the
University of Kentucky but interrupted his education to serve with the
United States Army Air Forces during
World War II .
[2] After the war's end, in 1947 he went to work as a stable hand for
Calumet Farm . He became involved with conditioning horses, and took out his training license in 1949.
Hall of Fame training career
Miller trained 1974
Epsom Derby winner
Snow Knight who had been purchased by
E. P. Taylor ; Snow Knight was selected 1975's
American Champion Male Turf Horse . Miller also trained for
Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. He was then hired by
Paul Mellon for his
Rokeby Stables . He and Mellon had their first
Kentucky Derby win in 1993 with
Sea Hero . Among their other successes,
Winter's Tale won the 1980
Brooklyn Handicap , the
Suburban Handicap , and the
Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap . In 1984,
Fit to Fight won the
New York Handicap Triple , a feat accomplished just three times in the near one hundred years that the three races existed simultaneously. No horse has won the Handicap Triple since.
Miller was inducted in the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1987.
[3] There is a Mack Miller Exhibit at the
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum , where he operated a winter training facility for many years before selling to
Janice and Robert McNair , the then owners of
Stonerside Stable . Other honors he has received include the 1993 Honor Guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America's Testimonial Dinner from the
National Turf Writers Association . Following his retirement, he was elected to
The Jockey Club in 1997. He was the co-breeder of
De La Rose , the 1981
American Champion Female Turf Horse , and
Chilukki , the 1999
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly .
Miller died at the
University of Kentucky Hospital. He had been hospitalized on December 5 following a
stroke .
Champions trained by Mack Miller
References
Further reading
Fisher, Jonelle. MacKenzie Miller: The Gentleman from Morgan Street (2006) St. Crispian Press ASIN B000OBE14G
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