Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Thoroughbred owner and breeder Donald Newman dead at 85

 

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

 

Contact: Jenny Kellner

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Thoroughbred owner and breeder Donald Newman dead at 85

 

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Longtime thoroughbred owner and breeder Donald Newman, of Roslyn, N.Y., died on December 23 after a brief illness. He was 85.

 

Newman was a sportswear manufacturer who purchased his first racehorse in 1974. He subsequently went on to campaign a number of stakes horses, including Mucchina, winner of the 1978 Ashland at Keeneland Race Course, First and Only, who took the 1993 Longfellow at Monmouth Park, and So N So, winner of the 2009 Lucy Scribner at Saratoga Race Course.

 

Among the trainers he employed through the years were Tom Bush, Jose Martin, Hall of Famer Frank "Pancho" Martin, and most recently, Carlos Martin.

 

His horse racing legacy will be carried on by his family, said his son, Richard.

 

"We intend to carry on and continue racing," said Richard Newman. "In the past few years he concentrated on breeding New York-breds, so we have a number of homebreds that are getting ready to run."

 

Newman is survived by his wife, Gail; a daughter, Rebecca, and two other sons, Matthew and Adam.

 

 

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