Scott Harlan

Scott P. Harlan
Scott P. Harlan
Occupation	Trainer, Owner
Born	February 4, 1864; Columbia, Tennessee
Died	January 1, 1948 (aged 83); Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Resting place	Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard,; Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania [1]
Major racing wins
	Walden Stakes (1920); Champlain Handicap (1921); Delaware Handicap (1921); Keene Memorial Stakes (1922); Scarsdale Handicap (1922, 1923); Alabama Stakes (1923); Empire City Handicap (1923); Jerome Hanicap (1923); Astoria Stakes (1925); Futurity Stakes (1926); Coaching Club American Oaks (1926, 1928); Latonia Oaks (1926); Pimlico Cup (1926, 1928); Pimlico Nursery Stakes (1926, 1929); Travers Stakes (1926); United States Hotel Stakes (1926); Bowie Handicap (1927); Dixie Stakes (1927); Fashion Stakes (1927); Saratoga Handicap (1927); Selima Stakes (1927); Coaching Club American Oaks (1928); Gazelle Stakes (1928); Aberdeen Stakes (1929); Autumn Handicap (1929); Suburban Handicap (1929); Whitney Handicap (1929)
Racing awards
	United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings (1926)
Significant horses
	Bateau, Cherry Pie, Edith Cavell,; Mars, Scapa Flow, Tryster, Untidy

Scott Paul Harlan (February 4, 1864 - January 1, 1948) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner of Idle Dell Farm near Hatboro, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Career[edit]

During his career Scott Harlan trained for preeminent owners Walter Jeffords and the Greentree Stable of Helen Hay Whitney. For Whitney he trained Untidy to a performance in 1923 that saw her being named retrospectively as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Harlan had four other horses owned by Jeffords which would be voted National Champion honors. ^[2]

In 1926 horses trained by Scott Harlan earned $205,681 which was the most earnings for any trainer in the United States. Among them, Scapa Flow earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors and Edith Cavell was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Scott Harlan's third and fourth National Champion came with Bateau chosen the 1928 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly then in 1929 American Champion Older Female Horse.

Scott Harlan had runners in five of the U.S. Triple Crown races with his best result a third in the 1926 Preakness Stakes with Walter M. Jeffords's colt Mars. ^[3]

Among Harlan's notable wins was in the 1926 Pimlico Cup with Edith Cavell. She was ridden by the talented but ill-fated young jockey Ovila Bourassa who guided the filly to a three-length victory in track record time while beating a field of horses of either sex age three and older which included two future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees, Crusader and Princess Doreen.^[4]

Scott Harlan died at age eighty-three on January 1, 1948. At the time of his death he had been living on his Idel Dell Farm in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Annual Leading Trainers - Money Won" (PDF). kentuckyderby.com. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
^ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Daily Racing Form May 11, 1926 article titled "Display Captures Rich Preakness Stakes" Retrieved July 16, 2018
^ "Crusader is Beaten". New York Times, Section 10 Sports, page 1. 1926-11-14. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
^ "Harlan Funeral Set". Portsmouth Times (Ohio). 1948-01-02. Retrieved 2020-04-01.

[1] "Annual Leading Trainers - Money Won" (PDF). kentuckyderby.com. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.

[2] The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Daily Racing Form May 11, 1926 article titled "Display Captures Rich Preakness Stakes" Retrieved July 16, 2018

[4] "Crusader is Beaten". New York Times, Section 10 Sports, page 1. 1926-11-14. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

[5] "Harlan Funeral Set". Portsmouth Times (Ohio). 1948-01-02. Retrieved 2020-04-01.

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