C.V. Whitney: A Friend of Horse Racing
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The sport of horse racing has evolved greatly in the last 100 years, and to move forward it required more than the heroics of a legion of its greatest runners and most skilled trainers and jockeys.
It needed the help of patrons.
People like Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
For decades, C.V. “Sonny” Whitney was one of racing’s leading figures. He was born into one of racing’s most successful families and continued its prosperity as both an owner and breeder.