Marylou Whitney, a Saratoga Icon
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Women have played key roles in horse racing since the venerable sport’s earliest days.
Yet few women – or men for that matter – at any level of the sport have created a legacy that can rival the respect and importance of Marylou Whitney.
Now 91 years young, Whitney has done much more than simply race in the famed Eton blue and brown silks. She became the only woman to breed and own a Kentucky Oaks winner. She won the Belmont Stakes and Travers in the same year.