Horses of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, who served as the seventh U.S. president from 1829 to 1837, was involved with horse trading, and the racehorse business, for much of his life.

"[1] When he worked as a merchant and slave trader in the 1790s and 1800s, he or his assistant John Hutchings often shipped both horses and people to "the lower country" for resale.

[2][3] Beginning in 1805 he was part owner of Clover Bottom Racetrack, an important racing venue in Davidson County, Tennessee.

[9] The racehorses he had while President were nominally owned by his son, Andrew Jackson Jr.[10] According to biographer Stanley Horn, "...it is plain to see that Jackson had a very exalted idea of the position he held and a keen understanding of the desirability of keeping the occupant of the President's chair entirely disassociated with the sordid business of horse racing.

[12] In old age, Jackson told an interviewer that his one abiding regret in life was that none of his horses had ever been able to beat Jesse Haynie's Maria in a race.