Clyde Van Dusen
| Clyde Van Dusen | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Trainer |
| Born | 1885 United States |
| Died | January 8, 1951 |
| Career wins | Not found |
| Major racing wins | |
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Bashford Manor Stakes (1932) Kentucky Derby (1929) |
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| Racing awards | |
| Leading trainer at Santa Anita Park (1941, winter) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Clyde Van Dusen, Mata Hari | |
Bashford Manor Stakes (1932)
Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (1933)
Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes (1933)
Clark Handicap (1934)
Phoenix Stakes (1939)
Clyde Van Dusen (1885 – January 8, 1951) was an American jockey and trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for winning the 1929 Kentucky Derby.
Following a career as a jockey, Van Dusen turned to training. Handling the racing stable of Amsterdam, New York businessman, Herbert P. Gardner, in 1929 Clyde Van Dusen became the only trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby with a horse named in their honor. The gelding, Clyde Van Dusen, was the first son of Man o' War to win the Kentucky Derby. Shortly after winning the Derby, van Dusen went to work for Detroit auto body manufacturer, Charles T. Fisher, owner of Dixiana Farm. Van Dusen trained Fisher's colt Sweep All who ran second to Horse of the Year and future Hall of Fame inductee Twenty Grand in the 1931 Kentucky Derby. In 1933 and 1934 he trained Fisher's Mata Hari to American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Three-Year-Old Filly honors. In December 1938, after nine years working for Charles Fisher, Van Dusen gave notice that he would be leaving. In 1939, he accepted the job of trainer for the California stable of movie studio boss, Louis B. Mayer.
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