Old Hat (horse) of Flowers, and Venture were also competing. Among this company, she was voted Champion Female Handicap Horse by the Thoroughbred Racing Association in 1964, although the rival "Daily Racing Form" chose the three-year-old Tosmah. Old Hat won both awards in her best season, 1965, when she was six years old. Old Hat raced for six years, starting in 80 races. She won 35 times, placed 18 times, and came in third 9 times. All in all, she was in the money 62 times. Old Hat (horse) Old Hat (foaled in Kentucky in 1959), was an American Thoroughbred racing mare by
Shovel hat and late 19th century, although it was also worn by parsons and less senior figures. By the mid 19th century it was already seen as somewhat traditionalist or old-fashioned: Carlyle coined the term ""shovelhattery"" to attack hidebound orthodoxy in the Church of England. The term ""broad-brimmed"", occasionally used to describe Anglican churchmen in the 19th century (particularly the Evangelical party) was also derived from the shovel hat. Shovel hat The shovel hat was a style of hat formerly associated with the Anglican clergy, particularly archdeacons and bishops. The hat was usually made of black beaver or felt, and had a