Ace Admiral was born in the same year as the great Calumet Farm colts Citation and Coaltown.
In his two-year-old season, Ace Admiral ran third to Citation in the Pimlico Futurity.
As such, like many other owners at the time, Maine Chance Farm felt it was in their best interest not to enter Ace Admiral in the Triple Crown races.
Under trainer Jimmy Smith and jockey Ted Atkinson, Ace Admiral won a number of important races that year in New York, including the Lawrence Realization Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack and the prestigious Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Ace Admiral was retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where he sired: