Milkmaid was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. She was bred by J. Hal Woodford at his farm in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Woodford had bred and raced the 1907 Kentucky Derby winner, Pink Star. Out of the mare, Nell Olin, her sire was the British import, Peep o' Day, a son of the great Ayrshire who won the 1888 2,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby then just missed winning the British Triple Crown when he ran second in the St. Leger Stakes.
Milkmaid, 1919 Kenner Stakes
Commander John Kenneth Leveson "Jack" Ross, CBE was a Canadian businessman, sportsman, thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for winning the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1919 with his Hall of Fame colt, Sir Barton. In 1911, he set the world record for catching the largest tuna by rod and line at St. Anns, Nova Scotia. After his father, he was the second Canadian to be made a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
The James Ross mansion on Peel Street in Montreal, with J. K. L. Ross standing at right, c. 1910
Ross with his catch, the largest tuna (680 lbs) in the world ever caught by rod and line, at St. Anns, Nova Scotia, 1911
J.K.L. Ross House on Peel Street in Montreal, built in 1909
Sir Barton and jockey Johnny Loftus, Preakness Stakes, 1919