# Vander Pool > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vander_Pool > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vander_Pool.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vander_Pool > Source revision: 1237221707 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Vander Pool** (foaled 1928 in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse who won all eleven of his starts at age two in 1930 and won his first four races in 1931, tying the twenty-three-year-old [North American](/source/North_American) record for most consecutive wins without a loss set by [Colin](/source/Colin_(horse)) in 1907/1908. ## Breeding and ownership Bred by [Claiborne Farm](/source/Claiborne_Farm) in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky), Vander Pool was out of the [California](/source/California)-bred mare Bramble Rose and was sired by the 1916 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Colt), [Campfire](/source/Campfire_(horse)).[1] Vander Pool was purchased as a yearling for $2,600 by Mrs. Agnes Allen at the 1929 Saratoga Sales. She raced him under the *[nom de course](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing)*, Tennessee Stable.[2] ## Undefeated at two Trained by D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel, nephew of [U.S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) trainer [Henry McDaniel](/source/Henry_McDaniel_(racehorse_trainer)),[3] Vander Pool made his racing debut in January 1930 with a win in a condition race for two-year-olds at a [Miami, Florida](/source/Miami,_Florida) racetrack. [4] Among his eleven wins in his undefeated 1930 campaign, in April Vander Pool won the [Aberdeen Stakes](/source/Aberdeen_Stakes) at [Havre de Grace Racetrack](/source/Havre_de_Grace_Racetrack) in which he beat [Equipoise](/source/Equipoise_(horse)).[5] Injured in July, he did not race again until October 15, when he got his tenth win without a loss in the Mad Hatter Handicap at [Jamaica Race Course](/source/Jamaica_Race_Course).[6] Three days later, he closed out his racing year with a victory in the [Remsen Handicap](/source/Remsen_Handicap) at the same [Jamaica, New York](/source/Jamaica,_New_York), track.[7] Vander Pool spent the winter of 1930–31 at Charles Becker's farm in what was then the [City of Baltimore](/source/Baltimore), [Maryland](/source/Maryland) countryside. At the end of February 1931, he was sent to [Pimlico Race Course](/source/Pimlico_Race_Course) to begin preparations for a spring campaign that culminated with the May 1 [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes) and the May 16 [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby).[8] ## Three-year-old campaign The January 25, 1932, issue of the [Fredericksburg, Virginia](/source/Fredericksburg,_Virginia) [*Free Lance-Star*](/source/The_Free_Lance%E2%80%93Star) recounted that Vander Pool had been "rated by many as the Kentucky Derby favorite before suffering an injury in training."[9] That injury kept him from competing in the [U.S. Triple Crown races](/source/United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing). His first start came on July 6, 1931, and Vander Pool earned his twelfth straight win in the St. James Purse at [Aqueduct Racetrack](/source/Aqueduct_Racetrack) in New York in which he defeated [Flying Heels](/source/Flying_Heels), a horse the *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)* called "one of the best sprinters in training."[10] Vander Pool won again before capturing the Rialto Purse at [Empire City Race Track](/source/Empire_City_Race_Track) for his fourteenth win.[11] On the same racetrack on July 25, 1931, he won the Greenfield Purse, giving him fifteen straight races without a loss, which tied a twenty-three-year-old record set by [Colin](/source/Colin_(horse)) in 1907/08.[12] In his sixteenth career race on November 26, 1931, Vander Pool suffered his first defeat in the six-furlong Aero Handicap at [Bowie Racetrack](/source/Bowie_Racetrack).[13] In December 1931, Mrs. Agnes Allen sold Vander Pool to William A. Moore [14] who raced him for the rest of his career, notably winning the 1932 Arverne and [Interborough Handicaps](/source/Interborough_Handicap). Following an unsuccessful career at [stud](/source/Horse_breeding), in 1938 William Moore sold Vander Pool to the [United States Army Cavalry Remount Service](/source/U.S._Army_Remount_Service).[15] ## References 1. [Vander Pool's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/vander+pool) 1. [Calgary Daily Herald - November 6, 1930](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-xNkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CnsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3353,650653&dq=vander-pool+mcdaniel&hl=en) 1. [New York Times - April 30, 1930](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/05/archives/vander-pool-wins-4th-race-in-row-unbeaten-juvenile-shows-way-to.html) 1. [Rochester (New York) Journal - July 16, 1931](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0lBZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=REgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2392,2688425&dq=vander-pool+undefeated&hl=en) 1. [New York Times - Apr 24, 1930](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/24/archives/vander-pool-takes-aberdeen-stakes-wins-12250-at-havre-de-grace-for.html) 1. [New York Times - October 16, 1930](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/16/archives/vander-pool-wins-tenth-race-in-row-mrs-allens-undefeated-juvenile.html) 1. [New York Times - October 19, 1930](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/19/archives/eleventh-straight-victory-scored-by-vander-pool-in-the-remsen-at.html) 1. [Baltimore Sun - February 24, 1931](https://archive.today/20130131201254/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1793977542.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+24,+1931&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=VANDER+POOL+AT+PIMLICO&pqatl=google) 1. [The Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star - January 25, 1932](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_uhNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fooDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3783,2147316&dq=mad-hatter-handicap&hl=en) 1. [New York Times - July 7, 1931](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/07/archives/vander-pool-2-to-1-beats-flying-heels-finishes-of-the-two-feature.html) 1. [New York Times - July 12, 1931](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/12/archives/questionnaire-110-first-by-5-lengths-butler-star-defeats-danour.html) 1. [New York Times - July 26, 1931](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/26/archives/universe-annexes-east-view-stakes-field-at-first-turn-in-second.html) 1. [New York Times - November 27, 1931](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/11/27/archives/250000-see-mate-triumph-over-white-clover-ii-in-bowie-thanksgiving.html) 1. [New York Times - Dec 19, 1931](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/12/19/archives/moore-buys-vander-pool-acquires-3yearold-which-won-15-straight-from.html) 1. [New York Times - May 4, 1938](https://www.nytimes.com/1938/05/04/archives/sues-over-race-horse-mrs-allen-names-woodring-in-action-over-vander.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vander Pool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vander_Pool) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vander_Pool?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.