MARYLOU WHITNEY

Stable colors - Blue; brown hoop, brown cap
Birthdate - Dec. 24, 1925
Residence - Saratoga Springs; New York, NY
Family - Husband John Hendrickson, daughters Marylou Llewellyn, Heather Mabee, Cornelia Whitney; sons Frank Hosford, Henry Hosford

RACING BACKGROUND

* The Whitneys have been involved with thoroughbred racing for generations

ORGANIZATIONS

* Member, The Jockey Club

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* 2015 inductee into Saratoga’s “Walk of Fame”

* Eclipse Award of Merit in 2010

* Birdstone sired 2009’s 3-year-old champion Summer Bird and Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in his first crop

* Founding member, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Bird Town: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2003)

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Bird Town: Acorn (2003); Kentucky Oaks (2003)

Birdstone: Travers (2004); Belmont (2004); Champagne (2003)

FARM SIZE AND LOCATION

* 88 acres, Lexington, KY