Mel and brother Warren began working on the backstretch, with Mel's first job as a groom. He saddled his first winner, Egg Nog, in 1947 at Portland ...<div><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horse-racing/bs-sp-mel-stute-obit-20200812-3upg6e2gl5bpvcjuuf3fl4bphm-story.html&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAIyGjBjNjM5ODJiZjhiZmZlMTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWR_f4V5L21gt6lJpQxiWSf-vKKg" target="_blank">Original link</a></div>