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“Marylou, Marylou, come and meet our Marylou.”

That is the song you will most likely hear upon visiting Saratoga Springs, especially during racing season.A petite woman, who promised her late husband, C.V. Whitney, that she would restore Saratoga to its hay day, is fulfilling that promise.Marylou Whitney has affected peoples’ lives with her many philanthropic gestures towards cancer for women, and land preservation.Her compassion also reaches for Thoroughbred racehorses; opening the Kentucky Equine Humane Center and being a strong supporter of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Marylou received the Ogden Phipps Award as Top Breeder for Birdstone and Bird Town and the magnanimous Eclipse Award of Merit last year. My parents have always told me that money, whether it be lack of or great amounts, will reveal the true nature of a person. Marylou Whitney is not only a person of grace and beauty, but of a generous, kind heart.