Hooper, Fred William

Hooper, Fred William
▪ 2001

      American thoroughbred horse owner and breeder (b. Oct. 6, 1897, Cleveland, Ga.—d. Aug. 4, 2000, Ocala, Fla.), was the indomitable head for 38 years of the Montgomery, Ala.-based Hooper Construction Co., one of the major contractors in the Southeast, and used his wealth from that enterprise to establish Hooper Farms, which, in addition to developing at that time the largest herd of purebred Hereford cattle in the nation, bred or raced more than 100 thoroughbred winners of stake races. The pinnacle of Hooper's horse-racing career came in 1945, when the first thoroughbred he purchased, Hoop Jr., convincingly won the Kentucky Derby. In 1966 Hooper retired from construction and relocated his horse and cattle farm to Ocala. Besides serving as a founder and president of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, he was one of the first proprietors to import Latin American jockeys, notably such inductees into the Racing Hall of Fame as Jorge Velásquez and Laffit Pincay, Jr. Hooper was the recipient of Eclipse Awards for outstanding breeder in 1975 and 1982 and of an Eclipse Award of Merit in 1991, the highest honour in thoroughbred racing.

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