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Thirteen years late, Finnegan would have the betting favorite going into the 1964 U.S.

In October 1951, that year's Kentucky Derby winner Count Turf was sent to Bill Finnegan to race in California but met with little success. En route to being named American Champion Older Male Horse, Big Pebble's wins included the most important and richest race in Florida, the Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah Park Race Track and the prestigious Hollywood Gold Cup at California's Hollywood Park Racetrack. Under Finnegan in 1941, Big Pebble blossomed into the best older horse in the United States. Raced by his former owner at age two and three, Big Pebble showed little and had even been used as a lead pony. In 1940, he took over as the trainer of Big Pebble after the four-year-old was purchased by client, Edward S. Racing in California, where he would make his home in Arcadia near Santa Anita Park, Finnegan won the 1939 Hollywood Derby with Shining One who equalled the Hollywood Park track record. įollowing its opening in December 1929, Finnegan was racing at Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico. McCarthy who would name one of his horses in his honor.

During his career he conditioned horses for major stable owners such as Vera S. Finnegan (SeptemOctober 18, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Ī native of New York City, Finnegan spent more than fifty years as a trainer primarily on the West Coast of the United States. For the politician, see William Finnegan (politician).