Carl Hanford
Carl Henry Hanford was a United States Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for guiding Kelso to five straight American Horse of the Year titles; no other horse has won more than three times.
Hanford's training career was interrupted when he served five years in the United States Army Remount Service during World War II.
Carl Hanford also notably trained La Corredora, a racemare voted the Champion Handicap Mare of 1953 by the New York Turf Writers Association.
Ira Hanford was a brother of Carl who in 1936 became the first apprentice jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby.
