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Frances Dodge (November 27, 1914 – January 24, 1971) was an American horsewoman and racehorse owner. She was the daughter of John Francis Dodge, co-founder of Dodge Motor Company.
Watch the 1939 Greyhound Frances Dodge Van Lennep Under Saddle Record on YouTube for an exciting harness racing experience.
A famed horsewoman, Frances Dodge Johnson Van Lennep founded the Dodge Stable. It was in the early 1940s that she became interested in harness racing and in 1945 purchased Castleton Farm in Kentucky. She operated the farm with the help of her husband, Frederick Van Lennep, whom she married in 1949.
His owner, Mrs. Frances Dodge Van Lennep, watched from a seat in Box 40. Connoisseur Gaits. In the ring, the ringmaster called for a walk and Wing slowed down, though still strutting.
12 maj 2023 · Yes, Pompano was just a small, mostly unrecognized dot on the map when Frederick van Lennep and his wife, Frances Dodge van Lennep, came to town in 1953 and built one of the greatest training facilities attracting many of the top stables and future champions in the sport.
19 kwi 2022 · In between were tributes to many of the people that made this 58-year run possible–from track founders Fred and Frances Dodge Van Lennep to 60-year employee Charlie Adams, who helped keep the track in tip-top operating shape, to name a couple.
A native of Philadelphia, Frederick Van Lennep's association with harness racing began in 1949, when he married Frances Dodge, owner of Castleton Farm in Kentucky. Together the Van Lenneps developed Castleton into a premier Standardbred nursery.
