Morton Schwartz owned Elsmeade Farm on Russell Cave Pike near
Lexington, Kentucky. Successful horses he raced included: • Gusto, leading money earner in the United States in 1932 •
Bold Venture, 1936
Kentucky Derby and
Preakness Stakes • Enfilade, 1918
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly On August 21, 1935, Morton Schwartz sold all his
bloodstock through a
Fasig-Tipton dispersal auction held at
Saratoga Springs, New York. Among the yearlings sold was a filly later named
Dawn Play who would turn out to be the last Champion Schwartz bred when she was voted 1937 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Morton Schwartz was a twin to brother
Charles who won England's prestigious
Grand National at
Aintree Racecourse in 1926 with
Jack Horner. ==References==