William A. "Bill" Hurley (c.1871 - September 12, 1952) was an Americanhorse trainer inThoroughbred horse racing. He is best remembered for his more than two decades as a trainer forCol. Edward R. Bradley'sIdle Hour Stock Farm.^[1]

Among Bill Hurley's early victories was a win withKalitan in his firstPreakness Stakes in 1917, a race he would win again twenty-three years later. He trainedBagenbaggage, who won the 1926Latonia andLouisiana Derbys and was second in theKentucky Derby to stablemate,Bubbling Over. That same year Hurley also won the 1926American Derby with Boot to Boot, beating bothDisplay andBlack Maria.

In 1935, Bill Hurley won theFlorida Derby,Coaching Club American Oaks andAmerican Derby with the greatfilly and 1991U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,Black Helen.

Another of Hurley's important Hall of Fame horses wasBimelech^[2] who earnedU.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and3-Year-Old honors in 1939 and 1940 respectively, and who just missed winning theU.S. Triple Crown when he finished second in the 1940Kentucky Derby^[3] then won both thePreakness^[4] andBelmont Stakes.^[5]

After 46 years with Idle Hour Stock Farm, Bill Hurley retired from racing in 1940. He died at age 81 in 1952 at Doctors Hospital inCoral Gables, Florida.^[6]

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