Hirsch Jacobs was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.
12 Facts About Hirsch Jacobs
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Hirsch Jacobs completed his formal schooling in elementary school at the age of 13; everything he knew about animal behavior and veterinary medicine was self-taught.
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On December 29,1926 Hirsch Jacobs had his first official winner, Reveillon, at Pompano, Florida.
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In 1958, Hirsch Jacobs was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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In 1943 Hirsch Jacobs purchased Stymie for $1,500 in a claiming race.
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In 1970, the Hirsch Jacobs family won two of the US Triple Crown races, capturing the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
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Hirsch Jacobs married Louis Wolfson and their Harbor View Farm owned and bred the 1978 American Triple Crown champion, Affirmed.
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Hirsch Jacobs had a daughter, Patrice, and two sons, John and Tom.
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Hirsch Jacobs had five brothers, Harry, Irving, Albert, Sidney, and Eugene, and four sisters, Mrs Irene Robbins, Miss Helen Jacobs, Mrs Florence Jacobson and Mrs Lillian Gold.
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Hirsch Jacobs died in 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Hirsch Jacobs was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
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Hirsch Jacobs had lived with his wife in Forest Hills, Queens.