Albert C. Bostwick Jr.

Albert Carlton Bostwick Jr. (April 1, 1901 – September 26, 1980) was a member of the wealthy and prominent Bostwick family who became a steeplechase jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner, breeder and trainer.

Biography

Albert Bostwick was one of five children of Mary Lillian Stokes and Albert Carlton Bostwick Sr.. His father set early automobile speed records. His grandfather, Jabez, was a founder and treasurer of the Standard Oil and a partner of John D. Rockefeller.

On the death of his father in 1911, Bostwick inherited a sizeable fortune. His grandmother, Helen C. Bostwick, upon her death in April 1920, left to him a sum of $1,156,818.^[1]

Bostwick rode horses from a young age and became a successful amateur steeplechase rider in the United States and in England. He also became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred flat racing and is best known as the owner/breeder of Mate, winner of the 1931 Preakness Stakes.^[2] A member of The Jockey Club, in 1932 he obtained a license to train horses.^[3]

In 1937, Bostwick married Eleanor P. Sage (1904–2004) with whom he had a son, Albert III.^[4]

Bostwick died in 1980 at age 79 at his home in Westbury, Long Island, New York.^[5]

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