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Ansel Williamson was an African American thoroughbred horse racing trainer

Ansel Williamson was born a slave in Virginia sometime around the middle part of the 19th century. He learned to train horses while a slave but after the Civil War he was a free man and used his knowledge to begin working as a professional trainer. He trained many great horses including Tom Bowling, who won 14 of his 17 races, and Virgil who was the sire of the great Hindoo. However, he is best remembered for having trained Aristides, the winner of the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875. That same year, his horse Calvin won the Belmont Stakes. In addition, Williamson trained horses who won other major races such as the Travers Stakes, the Jerome Handicap, and the Withers Stakes.

In 1998, Ansel Williamson was inducted posthumously into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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