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Ben F. Whitaker (c. 1893 - April 20, 1954) was a Dallas, Texas oilman with producing properties throughout the state of Texas, an owner of the Hotel Whitmore in Dallas, and a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses including two Champions.〔(The ''Victoria Advocate'' (Texas) - April 21, 1954 )〕 Ben Whitaker began racing horses under his wife's name in the 1930s with stables based at Garland, Texas. His horses competed at the Arlington Downs racetrack located between Fort Worth and Dallas but after racing was banned in the state of Texas he relocated his operations to Lexington, Kentucky. During his time in racing, Ben Whitaker employed trainers Jack Howard, "Blackie" McCoole, and future Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Conway who was in charge from 1946 until Whitaker's death in 1954. The owner of horses that won 231 races, among Whitaker's top runners were: * Requested - purchased for $1300 - at two he won seven stakes races. Sire of Champion, Miss Request.〔(Baltimore Sun – April 26, 1942 )〕 * My Request - won 16 stakes races at age two through five including the Wood Memorial 〔(Baltimore Sun – April 25, 1948 )〕 * Miss Request - American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1948)〔(Miami News – November 15, 1948 )〕 * Grecian Queen - American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1953) 〔(Rock Hill Herald (South Carolina) - December 2, 1953 )〕 In April 1954, sixty-year-old Ben Whitaker suffered a heart attack and died a week later in a Dallas hospital.〔(Montreal Gazette – April 21, 1954 "Ben Whitaker Dies, Owned Top Horses" )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben F. Whitaker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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