Career
She set a national endurance record for women gliders in 1935. In the early days of flying when it was still a novelty, doing stunts was popular and she once flew her plane under the Chesapeake City bridge. Her husband died in 1943 while working for the War effort when a United States. government experimental glider in which he was a passenger crashed during a demonstration flight.
Always a lover of animals, Allaire du Pont operated Woodstock Farm in Chesapeake City, Maryland and raced under the nom-de-course Bohemia Stable.
She hired future Hall of Fame trainer Carl Hanford to condition her horses for racing. However, it was her gelding Kelso who brought her wide recognition during the 1960s when he was voted United States. Horse of the Year honors for an unmatched five consecutive years from 1960 through 1964 and was a 1967 Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
A Fox hunting participant, after Kelso was retired Allaire du Pont rode him in hunts. A preservationist, du Pont was among the first to commit some of her property to Maryland"s Agricultural Land Preservation Program.
Following the death of East. P. Taylor in 1989, Allaire du Pont was instrumental in having 2,500 acres (10 km2) of his property go into permanent preservation rather than be sub-divided into building lots by real estate developers.
The Grade III Pimlico Breeders" Cup Distaff Handicap at Pimlico Race Course was renamed the Allaire du Pont Breeders" Cup Distaff in her memory. Allaire du Pont died January 6, 2006 at her Woodstock Farm near Chesapeake City, Maryland.