Bred by Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, Vander Pool was out of the California-bred mare Bramble Rose and was sired by the 1916 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Campfire.
[4] Among his eleven wins in his undefeated 1930 campaign, in April Vander Pool won the Aberdeen Stakes at Havre de Grace Racetrack in which he beat Equipoise.
[8] The January 25, 1932, issue of the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star recounted that Vander Pool had been "rated by many as the Kentucky Derby favorite before suffering an injury in training.
[11] On the same racetrack on July 25, 1931, he won the Greenfield Purse, giving him fifteen straight races without a loss, which tied a twenty-three-year-old record set by Colin in 1907/08.
[13] In December 1931, Mrs. Agnes Allen sold Vander Pool to William A. Moore [14] who raced him for the rest of his career, notably winning the 1932 Arverne and Interborough Handicaps.