Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.
Dedicated to improving the quality of the sport in New England, Bayard Tuckerman, Jr. knew thoroughbred racing from more vantage points than virtually any other horseman.
1973
April 19, 1889, Morristown, New Jersey
April 14, 1974, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1910-1954
Biography
Dedicated to improving the quality of the sport in New England, Bayard Tuckerman, Jr. knew thoroughbred racing from more vantage points than virtually any other horseman.
Known as the “Dean of New England Racing,” Tuckerman started riding horses at the age of 11 and was competing in steeplechase races as an amateur beginning in 1910.
From 1910 through 1915, Tuckerman, a graduate of Harvard, won or placed in 54 of 100 jump races. In 1927, he rode a horse he owned, Homestead, in the American Grand National at Belmont Park.
In the early 1930s, Tuckerman raced a string of flat runners and jumpers under the name Essex Stable, then established Little Sunswick Farm, which bred 10 added-money winners. One of them was Lavender Hill, the champion handicap mare of 1954, when she won the Arlington Matron, Diana, and Ladies handicaps.
A petitioner for horse racing in Massachusetts, Tuckerman became the first president of Suffolk Downs upon its opening in 1935. He was elected to The Jockey Club in 1953.
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