Under her guidance, Calumet Farm won the Kentucky Derby four times, with Hill Gail (1952), Iron Liege (1957), Tim Tam (1958), and Forward Pass (1968).
[The stable won the Derby four times previously under Warren Wright, Sr.'s ownership, with Whirlaway (1941), Pensive (1944), Citation (1948), and Ponder (1949).]
It has been speculated that Calumet's outstanding thoroughbred Tim Tam was named after the dog, but this has never been absolutely proven.
[2] In 1978, when Calumet Farm's outstanding three-year-old colt Alydar (named for Prince Aly Khan, and half-brother of Our Mims), ran in the Bluegrass States at Keeneland the Markeys (due to their failing health) were brought to the rail to watch him run.
The University of Virginia's Molecular Biology Institute and the UC Santa Cruz RNA Center are among the many recipients of grants from the Trust.