Del W. Carroll

Delmer W. Carroll (October 30, 1919 – May 9, 1982) was an American champion polo player, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/trainer, and soldier during World War II.

Biography Delmer W. Carroll was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He began riding and jumping horses before he was ten years old. His interest in horses also led to a career as a professional horse trainer, conditioning Thoroughbreds for friends and fellow polo players, William S. Farish III and Michael Grace Phipps.

1972 Preakness Stakes Del Carroll had four horses run in the Kentucky Derby with his best result a fifth in 1966 with Blue Grass Stakes winner, Abe's Hope. He had had a sixth-place finish in the 1969 Preakness Stakes but on May 29, 1972, he earned the most important win of his career. In that year's Preakness Stakes, run on a sloppy Pimlico Race Course, Carroll's colt Bee Bee Bee took victory in the prestigious U.S. Triple Crown race.

During his career, Del Carroll won three training titles at Keeneland Race Course, one at Oaklawn Park Race Track, and was one of the top trainers at Arlington Park in Chicago where he won 262 races.

Alone in the early morning of May 5, 1982, Del Carroll was galloping one of his horses on the Keeneland track when he was thrown by the horse and suffered severe head injuries. He underwent surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington but died four days later.

Legacy His son, Del Carroll II, who was his assistant from 1970 through 1979, is now a trainer at tracks on the US East Coast.

His daughter, Robin Ann Carroll, who grew up with her father on the race track, is now the owner of Magazin Farms and an established Thoroughbred breeder in the sport of polo. Her son, Del Carroll Walton is an established polo player and horseman.

His youngest daughter, Larkspur Carroll, studied veterinary medicine at Ohio State University, became a doctor of veterinary medicine, is a practice owner/member at CORE Therapies – the Veterinary Acupuncture and Chiropractic Clinic. She is also the mother to Aurea, Del W. Carroll's granddaughter.