Vintage Print of "Whirlaway" Triple Crown Winner Lot #40
Whirlaway
(April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953)
A Vintage Numbered Print 701 (22 x 28) and frame by artist Robert H. Amick. Whirlaway was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fifth winner of the American Triple Crown in 1941. He also won the Travers Stakes after his Triple Crown sweep to become the first and only horse to win all four races.
He holds the record for the longest winning margin in the Kentucky Derby with a time of 2:01 2/5 and set a new track record that would stand for more than twenty years with fellow Triple Crown winner Assault, as they both won the Derby by 8 lengths.
Whirlaway was widely known as “Mr. Longtail” because his tail was especially long and thick and it would blow far out behind him during races.
Donated by Beth Morrow
(April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953)
A Vintage Numbered Print 701 (22 x 28) and frame by artist Robert H. Amick. Whirlaway was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fifth winner of the American Triple Crown in 1941. He also won the Travers Stakes after his Triple Crown sweep to become the first and only horse to win all four races.
He holds the record for the longest winning margin in the Kentucky Derby with a time of 2:01 2/5 and set a new track record that would stand for more than twenty years with fellow Triple Crown winner Assault, as they both won the Derby by 8 lengths.
Whirlaway was widely known as “Mr. Longtail” because his tail was especially long and thick and it would blow far out behind him during races.
Donated by Beth Morrow