August Belmont II: The Man Who Bred Man o’ War
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How many men in the history of horse racing can claim to have bred the greatest colt and the greatest filly of their time?
Before you answer “no one” in the assumption that such a feat just isn’t possible, allow us to introduce you to August Belmont II, whose contributions to the sport were so vast that he was one of the inaugural “Pillars of the Turf” inductees into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame.