catherine "katie" ault
Year of Birth:
1924
Immortal:
Yes
OwnerBreeder:
Yes
Owner:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1981
Year of Death:
1980
Biography:
Daughter of prominent Georgia horseman David L. Brown, "Katie" Ault and her husband Chester took over her father's horse farm upon his death in 1966 and made it a showplace. They replaced the 117 harness horses on the Wildwood, Georgia farm with Standardbreds of Grand Circuit quality. In 1968 they purchased a Tennessee-bred yearling named Steady Star, who startled the harness world with his 1:58 4/5 mile (through a thunderstorm) at the age of 2; his 1:54 at 3; and his 1:52 time trial at 4, an all-time pacing record that stood for ten years. Mrs. Ault died in 1980 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals