French Classics wins:Prix du Jockey Club (1906, 1908, 1909, 1919, 1924)Prix Royal-Oak (1906, 1910)Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1919) United States:Travers Stakes (1925), Initial Handicap (1925) William B. Duke (December 5, 1857 - January 26, 1926) was a U. S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won eight French Classic Races, was a five-time national champion trainer in France and, after returning to the United States in late 1924, won the 1925 Kentucky Derby and the 1925 Preakness Stakes.
[1] Little more than a year after he returned to the United States, William Duke died at his home in Wellsville, New York on January 26, 1926.
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