Glen Riddle Farm is a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States. Located at what is currently Route 50 between Ocean City and Berlin, the city is owned by rich textile entrepreneur Samuel D. Riddle who named it his home town of Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania which in turn is named for his grandfather.
In addition to the stables and the big house, Glen Riddle Farm has a one-mile racing oval to train a perfect race horse. The farm is home to the Hall of Fame Man o 'War horse race, US Triple Crown winner War Admiral, Crusader, as well as other successful horses such as Massachusetts Handicap winner, War Relic, and American Flag, son of Man o' War who won 1925 Belmont Stakes and was selected as a 3-year-old Horse Male Champion.
As part of a program honoring an important horse racing track and racing horse, Pennsylvania Railroad named the # 5849 # livestock "Glen Riddle Farm" trunk.
Samuel D. Riddle ran the horse until his death in 1951 after his heirs took over the property. Fires in 1969 destroyed homes and farmlands were soon abandoned, allowed to be damaged for over thirty years until real estate developers acquired them and built housing complexes in 2004.
In the mid-1920s, Samuel Riddle acquired Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where he would send his sons along with Man 'War, Flag of America, and other horses.
The horses of Gen Riddle Farm won many important betting races including the prestigious Triple Crown race in the US following:
- Kentucky Derby:
- 1937: Rear Admiral
- Pitchness Stakes:
- 1920 Ã,: Man o 'War
- 1937 Ã,: Admiral of War
- Belmont Stakes:
- 1920 Ã,: Man o 'War
- 1925 Ã,: Flag of America
- 1926 Ã,: Crusaders
- 1937 Ã,: Admiral of War
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