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Why the death of Jimmy Carter may mark the end of an era for racing
When Jimmy Carter died recently at the age of 100, it might well have marked the end of an era when it comes to racing’s links to the highest offices.
The former US president was not renowned as a racing fan but did once jointly own a runner in the Preakness Stakes.
Flag Admiral was bred by Tom Gentry, one of the most prominent horsemen in Kentucky, and still owned solely by him when winning an allowance race at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Derby undercard in 1983. Ex-president Carter was present and Gentry gave him a piece of the colt. Carter, who had never owned a racehorse before, accepted on condition that any prize-money go towards the presidential library he was planning in Georgia.
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