AMERICAN BEAUTY

One of the most prized of the Wetherills' many horse-racing trophies is the Preakness won in 1945 by Polynesian, a thoroughbred owned by Cortright's grandmother Gertrude T. Widener. Inaugurated in 1873, the Preakness Stakes is the second leg of American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown and almost always attracts the winner of the Kentucky Derby.

Polynesian also had some notable success after he was retired from racing, siring the brilliant champion Native Dancer, who not only matched Polynesian's win in the Preakness but also went on to win the Belmont Stakes.