Vagrancy (racehorse) colt that often demonstrated his brilliance by ascertaining victories in sprints, one-mile events, and marathons. He finished second in the Ascot Gold Cup, all told winning eight of fifteen starts and being recorded as England's champion three-year old of 1948. Vagrancy was rated the American Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in 1942 and the American Champion Older Female Horse in 1943. Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Vagrancy was a bay filly born in 1939 out of Valkyr by Man o' War. She raced for Belair Stud and was trained for most of her career by “Sunny” Jim
Ken Oliver (racehorse trainer) races a season. In 1962 Oliver and Willie Stephenson resurrected the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales. Oliver was appointed an OBE in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to farming and the local community. Ken Oliver (racehorse trainer) James Kenneth Murray Oliver OBE (1 February 1914 – 17 June 1999) was a Scottish racehorse trainer, breeder and jockey. In a career spanning over fifty years he trained over 1,000 winners. Oliver was educated at Warriston School, Moffat and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. After school he joined the family livestock auctioneering business of Andrew Oliver & Son in Hawick, the