Hall of Fame

 



aubrey s. rodney

Year of Birth: 
1880
Immortal: 
Yes
DriverTrainer: 
Yes
Driver: 
Yes
Elected as Immortal: 
1978
Year of Death: 
1963
Biography: 

A native of Boston, Aubrey Rodney came from a long line of horsemen. His driving career began in the early 1900s, working for New Hampshire owner E. H. Best at a starting salary of $8 a month and room and board. After many years on the "circuit," Rodney settled at Saratoga Raceway in 1945 and won seventeen driving championships, his last one in 1961 at age 81! Rodney had a knack for taking a cast-off horse and making a winner out of him. "Rod" Rodney was 83 when he died at his home in Saratoga Springs.

Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals