Horatio A Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.
11 Facts About Horatio Luro
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The family had been involved for several generations with the lucrative business of polo horses, and Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United States.
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Taylor hired Horatio Luro to run his Windfields Farm, a large breeding and racing operation with two farms in Ontario and another in Chesapeake City, Maryland.
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Horatio Luro won the 1962 Kentucky Derby with California-bred Decidedly and two years later won both the Derby and the Preakness Stakes with Northern Dancer, a horse who went on to be the 20th century's greatest sire.
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Horatio Luro trained three winners of the Canadian International Stakes: Eugenia II, Spinney, and One For All.
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Horatio Luro trained three horses that won Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred horse racing event, the Queen's Plate.
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Horatio Luro basked in the publicity surrounding his racing success, associating with the rich and famous including Hollywood stars such as Bing Crosby while his dashing personality and good looks saw him dating some of society's most glamorous women.
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Horatio Luro subsequently developed a breeding and training facility on her family's land in Cartersville, Georgia, operating under the name "Old Mill Farm".
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In 1980, Horatio Luro was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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On Sunday, December 16,1991, Horatio Luro died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Bal Harbour, Florida, at the age of 90.
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Horatio Luro is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia.