Bud Delp

Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Bud Delp


caption =
occupation = Trainer
birthplace = Creswell, Maryland, U.S.
birth date = birth date|1932|9|7|mf=y
death date = death date and age|2006|12|29|1932|9|7|mf=y
career wins = 3,674
race = Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1976 & 1994)
Massachusetts Handicap (1976 & 2001)
Kentucky Oaks (1977)
Blue Grass Stakes (1979)
Florida Derby (1979)
Kentucky Derby (1979)
Preakness Stakes (1979)
Santa Anita Handicap (1980)
Cigar Mile Handicap (1989)
Woodward Stakes (1990)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1991)
Pimlico Special (2001)
awards = Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer (1980)
honours = National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2002)
horses = Spectacular Bid, Include
updated = January 27 2007

Grover Greer "Bud" Delp (September 7 1932 - December 29 2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best remembered for his conditioning of Hall of Fame colt, Spectacular Bid.

Bud Delp began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in 1962 and in 1980 was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer. Delp, along with John J. Tammaro, Jr., King T. Leatherbury and Richard E. Dutrow, Sr. were known as Maryland racing's "Big Four" who dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and '70s and who helped modernize flat racing training.

During his career, Bud Delp's horses won 3,674 races and earned purses totaling nearly $41 million. In 2002, an honor he said he was most proud of, Delp was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Delp remained a lifelong resident of Maryland and died in 2006 at his home in Ellicott City, aged 74.

References

* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=373 Bud Delp at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36888 Bud Delp's obituary at Bloodhorse.com]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/30/AR2006123000965.html Bud Delp's obituary at the Washington Post]