Career
Dutrow, along with King T. Leatherbury, John Jay Tammaro, Junior. and Hall of Fame inductee Bud Delp, were known as Maryland racing"s "Big Four". They dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and "70s and helped modernize flat racing training. Richard Dutrow, Senior began training race horses in the 1950s.
Foreign many years Dutrow concentrated on making a living through winning as many races as possible through his astute horse selection and his training methods.
However, later in his career he competed on the New York racing circuit and developed top Grade I winners such as Lite The Fuse and the horse known as the "King of Aqueduct," King"s Swan. He trained future United States. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Flawlessly through her two-year-old season before the filly was sent by her owner to race in California.
In 1975, Richard Dutrow led all trainers in the United States with 352 wins. Although Dutrow, Senior died in 1999, as at April 2010 he remains in the all-time top fifteen in career wins by trainers.
