Description
This conformation shot of the American Thoroughbred and Hall of Famer Whirlaway was taken at Saratoga during his two-year-old season (1940).
Whirlaway, bred and foaled at Calumet Farm in 1938, was trained by Ben Jones. He was a multiple graded stakes-winning champion that claimed the 1941 Triple Crown victory with Eddie Arcaro up. Whirlaway was the first horse with career winnings that exceeded $500,000, and he boasted a record of 32-15-9 from 60 starts.
Whirlaway won the titles of U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1940), U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1941), and the 1941 and 1942 Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year. He was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1959.