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LARRY JONES

LARRY JONES
Birthdate - Sept. 2, 1957
Birthplace - Hopkinsville, KY
Residence - Elkton, KY
Family - Wife Cindy, daughters Amanda and Wendy, sons Michael and Wesley

2016 RECORD

244 - 58, 36, 33 

$2,958,919

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Havre de Grace: Horse of the Year (2011), Top Older Female (2011)

Proud Spell: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2008)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Trained 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, who that year became the second female to win the Woodward

* Won three runnings of the Kentucky Oaks in eight years with Proud Spell (2008), Believe You Can (2012), Lovely Maria (2015)

* Registered 1000th career victory with 12-1 upset He’ll Pay in the Rushaway on April 2, 2016 at Turfway Park

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Before becoming a trainer, grew corn, tobacco, and soy beans and raised cattle and hogs at his ranch in Hopkinsville, KY

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Grew up riding horses on his family’s farm in Western Kentucky and rode Quarter Horses at bush tracks in Kentucky and Tennessee

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Believe You Can: Tempted (2011); Kentucky Oaks (2012)

Coup de Grace: Amsterdam (2014)

Hard Spun: King’s Bishop (2007)

Havre de Grace: Beldame Inv. (2011); Woodward (2011); Apple Blossom H. (2011)

Hello Liberty: Nassau County (2006)

I’m a Chatterbox: Delaware H. (2016); Spinster (2016); Cotillion (2015)

Island Sand: Acorn (2004)

Joyful Victory: Santa Margarita (2013)

Kodiak Kowboy: Carter H. (2009); Sport Page H. (2008); Amsterdam (2008)

Lovely Maria: Kentucky Oaks (2015); Ashland (2015)

Mark Valeski: Peter Pan (2012)

Old Fashioned: Remsen (2008)

Proud Spell: Alabama (2008); Kentucky Oaks (2008); Matron (2007)

Wildcat Bettie B: Prioress (2006)


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