Calumet
Farm has stood at the apex of Thoroughbred racing and
breeding in America since its conversion to a
Thoroughbred operation in 1932. Warren Wright Sr.'s
vision and business-like philosophy enabled Calumet to
achieve a position of dominance in Thoroughbred breeding
and racing unmatched in the history of the "Sport of
Kings." During these 50 years, Calumet was the
Leading Money-Winning Owner 12 times, won a record 8
Kentucky Derbies, had 2 Triple Crown-winning colts and 3
Filly Triple Crown winners, and had 11 horses elected to
the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.
The Calumet story begins not in the paddocks of
Belmont Park or Churchill Downs, but in the world of
harness racing. In 1924, William Monroe Wright, founder
of the Calumet Baking Powder Company and avid
Standardbred breeder, purchased land on Versailles Road
near Lexington and moved his Calumet Farm from its
previous location in Libertyville, Illinois. Having
turned his duties with the company over to his son,
Warren Wright, he devoted all of his efforts to
establishing Calumet as a leader in the Standardbred
industry. By the time of his death in 1931, he had more
than achieved his goal by establishing Calumet as one of
the premier harness racing farms in the country. Among
the noted horses within his stable were: Belwin, Peter
the Brewer, Truax, and Guy Abbey, sire of the great
trotter Greyhound.
William Monroe Wright's greatest dream was to breed
and race a winner of the first leg of the Trotting Triple
Crown, the Hambletonian. Ironically, this was achieved as
Wright lay unconscious on his deathbed, when Calumet
Butler trotted to victory in 1931. His victory makes
Calumet the only farm in America to have won both the
Hambletonian and the Kentucky Derby.
ORIGINAL CALLS OF THE KENTUCKY DERBIES
WON BY CALUMET FARM HORSES
Calumet Derby
Race Calls
Between 1941 and 1968, Calumet Farm in
Lexington, Kentucky won a record eight Kentucky Derbies.
Included here are calls of the1948 (Citation), 1949
(Ponder), 1957 (Iron Liege) and 1958 (Tim Tam) Derbies,
in Real Audio format.

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