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Marylou Whitney ( née Mary Louise Schroeder; December 24, 1925 – July 19, 2019) was an American socialite and philanthropist. A prominent owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses, Whitney was notable for "reigning for decades as the social queen of the Saratoga and Lexington racing seasons".
Jul 19, 2019 · Marylou Whitney, who fled Missouri for New York with dreams of being an actress and found instead a life of immense wealth and privilege, marrying into two of America’s richest families and...
Jul 19, 2019 · Marylou Whitney. Marylou Whitney arrived at Hall of Fame trainer T. J. Kelly’s barn at the appointed time early one August morning at Saratoga Race Course during the final week of the 1993 summer meeting. Armed with notebooks containing information about the historic and famed “Whitney Blood” that dated to the first decade of the 20th ...
Jul 19, 2019 · (Jim McKnight/AP) Marylou Whitney, an aspiring actress who married into one of America’s wealthiest families and became a sought-after hostess and noted philanthropist supporting hospitals,...
Jul 19, 2019 · Whitney was the daughter of a disc jockey and a horse lover who married into a racing dynasty and revived Saratoga's glory. She won the Belmont and Oaks with Birdstone and Bird Town, and supported the backstretch workers and the arts.
- Lenny Shulman
Jul 19, 2018 · A mix of Lady Gaga, Grace Kelly and Gracie Allen—with a touch of Mother Teresa—Marylou Whitney is more than just Saratoga’s most famous face and name. She is Saratoga. Let me tell you the incredible story of how she singlehandedly saved this city and its racetrack from the brink of disaster.
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Jul 19, 2019 · Thoroughbred owner and breeder Marylou Whitney, a noted philanthropist and socialite who added to her family’s legacy in horse racing, died Friday at her home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She was 93.
