Mark-Ye-Well

Mark-Ye-Well (1949–1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Background Mark-Ye-Well was bred and raced by Calumet Farm. He was sired by their five-time North American Champion Sire, Bull Lea. Mark-Ye-Well was out of Mar-Kell, Calumet's excellent racing mare who was the 1943 American Champion Older Female Horse. Trained by the father and son team of Ben and Jimmy Jones, Mark-Ye-Well was ridden by Eddie Arcaro in most of his major races. Racing career At age two, the colt was taken out of training as a result of a stifle joint problem and did not return to racing until February 1952. Brought back slowly, the then three-year-old colt did not compete in any of the 1952 U.S. Triple Crown races, but by mid-year he had developed into one of the top runners in his age group in the United States. In July, he recorded a five-length win in the Arlington Classic, which was reportedly the most valuable three-year-old race ever run. In the following month, Mark-Ye-Well was described as a "sensation" after he easily won the $103,325 American Derby. The Calumet colt seemed on the way to winning divisional honors at least, but at Belmont in September he was decisively beaten by Tom Fool in the Jerome Handicap. Two weeks later, he beat Belmont Stakes winner One Count by four lengths in the Lawrence Realization Stakes, but One Count was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Colt after reversing the form in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.