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Line 1: {{~~about\|~~for multi\|the German-born businessman and economist in Australia\|Max Hirsch (economist)\|the German political economist and politician\|Max Hirsch (labor economist)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality Line 8: \|birth_date = July 12, 1880 \|birth_place = [[Fredericksburg, Texas]] \|death_date = April 3, 1969 (aged 89) \|death_place = [[New Hyde Park, New York]] \|career wins = \|race = [[Flying Handicap]] (1908)<br>[[Great Eastern Handicap]] (1909)<br>[[Oakdale Handicap]] (1923)<br>[[Suburban Handicap]] (1923, 1946, 1966)<br>[[Fleetwing Handicap]] (1924, 1925, 1928)<br>[[Huron Handicap]] (1924)<br>[[International Special\|International Special No. 3]] (1924)<br>[[Walden Stakes]] (1926, 1931, 1947)<br>[[Pierrepont Handicap]] (1927)<br>[[Twin City Handicap]] (1928)<br>[[Tremont Stakes]] (1929)<br>[[Arlington Classic]] (1932, 1941, 1947)<br>[[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] (1932, 1954)<br>[[Travers Stakes]] (1934, 1938)<br>[[Wilson Stakes]] (1934)<br>[[Questionnaire Handicap]] (1938, 1940)<br>[[New England Futurity]] (1939)<br>[[National Stallion Stakes]] (1940, 1944)<br>[[Wood Memorial Stakes]] (1940, 1946)<br>[[Bahamas Stakes]] (1941)<br>[[Bay Shore Handicap]] (1942)<br>[[Butler Handicap]] (1942, 1947)<br>[[Havre de Grace Handicap]] (1942)<br>[[Jersey Derby]] (1942, 1959, 1968)<br>[[Metropolitan Handicap]] (1942, 1955)<br>[[Juvenile Stakes (United States)\|Juvenile Stakes]] (1944)<br>[[Pimlico Special]] (1946)<br>[[Daingerfield Handicap]] (1949)<br>[[Saratoga Cup]] (1950)<br>[[Saratoga Handicap]] (1950)<br>[[Whirlaway Handicap]] (1950)<br>[[Arlington Handicap]] (1952)<br>[[Marguerite Stakes]] (1952)<br>[[Edgemere Handicap]] (1953)<br>[[Gardenia Stakes (Garden State Park)\|Gardenia Stakes]] (1968)<p> '''[[~~American~~Triple ~~Classic~~Crown ~~Races~~of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)\|~~American~~U.S. ~~Classic~~Triple ~~Race~~Crown]] ~~wins~~series:'''<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1936, 1946, 1950)<br>[[Preakness Stakes]] (1936, 1946)<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1928, 1946, 1950, 1954)<br>[[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing\|United States Triple Crown]] (1946)</p>▼ ▲'''[[American Classic Races\|American Classic Race]] wins:'''<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1936, 1946, 1950)<br>[[Preakness Stakes]] (1936, 1946)<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1928, 1946, 1950, 1954)<br>[[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing\|United States Triple Crown]] (1946) \|awards = \|~~honours~~honors = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame\|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] (1959) \|horses = [[Assault (horse)\|Assault]], [[Bold Venture (horse)\|Bold Venture]], [[Bridal Flower]]<br>[[But Why Not]], [[Dawn Play]], [[High Gun]], [[Gallant Bloom]]~~<br>~~, [[Grey Lag]], [[Middleground]], [[Sarazen]], [[Stymie (horse)\|Stymie]], [[Tola Rose]], [[Vito (horse)\|Vito]] \|updated = }} '''Maximilian Justice "Max" Hirsch''' (July 12, 1880 - April 3, 1969)<ref name="tsa">{{cite web\|title=Max Hirsch\|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi34\|work=Handbook of Texas Online\|publisher=Texas State Historical Association\|~~accessdate~~access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> was an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing\|racehorse]] [[horse trainer\|trainer]]. Born in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]], and raised [[Roman Catholic]], Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in [[Thoroughbred horse race\|Thoroughbred horse racing]] history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at [[Morris Ranch, Texas\|Morris Ranch]] in [[Gillespie County, Texas]].<ref name="tsa">< /~~ref~~> Hirsch conditioned horses for various owners including [[George W. Loft]], [[Arthur B. Hancock]], the infamous [[Black Sox Scandal]] gambler [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[Morton L. Schwartz]], [[Jane Greer]], and [[Virginia Fair Vanderbilt]], but is best known for his work with the [[King Ranch\|King Ranch Stable]], which he joined in the 1930s and for whom he trained until his death in 1969. [[Sarazen]] was the first Champion Max Hirsch trained and said his win over the [[France\|French]] Champion [[Epinard]] in the third race of the 1924 [[International Special]]s was his greatest thrill in racing. A Hall of Fame inductee, Sarazen was the [[American Horse of the Year]] in 1924 and 1925. Line 27 ⟶ 26: Max Hirsch won the first of his four [[Belmont Stakes]] in 1928 with [[Vito (horse)\|Vito]]. In 1936, he won the [[Kentucky Derby]] and [[Preakness Stakes]] with [[Bold Venture (horse)\|Bold Venture]] and in 1946 captured the [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing\|U.S. Triple Crown]] with Bold Venture's son [[Assault (horse)\|Assault]]. In 1950, Hirsch won his third Kentucky Derby with another son of Bold Venture, [[Middleground]] who also won the Belmont Stakes. Max Hirsch was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1959. He died on April 3, 1969, at the Jewish General Hospital on [[Long Island, New York]] and was buried next to his wife, Katherine Josephine Clare (~~1888-1941~~1888–1941), in the [[Cemetery of the Holy Rood]] in [[Westbury, New York\|Westbury]], Long Island.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FLZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7471,981088&dq=max+hirsch+reynolds&hl=en Max Hirsch Obituary - Spokane, Washington ''Spokesman-Review'' - April 3, 1969]</ref> His son, [[William J. Hirsch\|Buddy]], followed in his footsteps and too was voted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. Line 41 ⟶ 40: * [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=253 Max Hirsch at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame] * [[Edward L. Bowen\|Bowen, Edward L.]] ''[[Masters of the Turf\|Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age]]'' (2007) [[Eclipse Press]] ({{ISBN\|978-1581501490}}) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsch, Max}} [[Category:1880 births]] [[Category:1969 deaths]] [[Category:American ~~horse~~racehorse trainers]] [[Category:Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood]] [[Category:People from Fredericksburg, Texas]]