Washington, D.C. International Stakes in 1967, 1970, and 1971 and the Travers Stakes in 1959, 1964, 1969, and 1972. Horses trained Sword Dancer U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1959) U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1959) American Horse of the Year (1959) United States Racing Hall of Fame (1977) Bowl of Flowers U.S. Champion two-year-old filly (1960) U.S. Champion three-year-old filly (1961) United States' Racing Hall of Fame (2004) Fort Marcy American Champion Male Turf Horse (1967, 1970) American Co-Champion Male Turf Horse (1968) American Champion Older Male Horse (1970) American Co-Champion Horse of the Year (1970) United States Racing Hall of Fame (1998) Arts and Letters U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1969) U.S. Champion Handicap Male Horse (1969) American Horse of the Year (1969) United States Racing and Hall of Fame (1994) Run the Gantlet American Champion Male Turf Horse (1971) Key to the Mint U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1972) In 1980, Elliott Burch was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He retired after the 1985 campaign, having won three American Classic Races and the trainer of six Champions who won fifteen titles including three Horse of the Year honors. Elliott Burch died in a Newport, Rhode Island hospital at age eighty-six following complications from pneumonia. References 1924 births 2011 deaths Lawrenceville School alumni Yale University alumni University of Kentucky alumni United States Army personnel of World War II American racehorse trainers United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees United States Army soldiers American sportswriters