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Ben A. Jones

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Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer. [1]

36 relations: Arlington Classic, Armed, Belmont Stakes, Blood-Horse Publications, Calumet Farm, Citation (horse), Coaltown, Edward L. Bowen, Flamingo Stakes, Hill Gail, Horace A. Jones, Horse trainer, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Kentucky Derby, Lawrin, Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Missouri, Mexico, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Parnell, Missouri, Pat Day Mile Stakes, Pensive, Pimlico Special, Ponder (horse), Prairie Village, Kansas, Preakness Stakes, Thoroughbred, Time (magazine), Travers Stakes, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Twilight Tear, United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings, Wentworth Military Academy and College, Western United States, Whirlaway, Woolford Farm.

Arlington Classic

The Arlington Classic Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old horses over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in late May at Arlington Park race track near Chicago, Illinois.

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Armed

Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Blood-Horse Publications

Blood-Horse Publications is an American multimedia publishing house focused on horse-related magazines headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company.

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Citation (horse)

Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was an American Triple Crown-winning Thoroughbred racehorse who won 16 consecutive races in major stakes race competition.

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Coaltown

Coaltown (1945–1965) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse of whom the New York Times said "was probably the most underrated Thoroughbred of the 20th Century." Coaltown was nicknamed "The Goose" by the stable employees at Calumet Farm for his way of outstretching his long, thin neck when he ran.

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Edward L. Bowen

Edward L. Bowen (born c. 1942 in West Virginia) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research.

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Flamingo Stakes

The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in March at the Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida.

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Hill Gail

Hill Gail (1949–1968) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (November 24, 1906 – September 2, 2001) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Jockey Club Gold Cup

The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Lawrin

Lawrin (1935–1955) was an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Herbert M. Woolf who won the Kentucky Derby in 1938.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.

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Lexington, Missouri

Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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Parnell, Missouri

Parnell is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States, near the Platte River.

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Pat Day Mile Stakes

The Pat Day Mile Stakes is an American Grade 3 Thoroughbred horse race held on Kentucky Derby day run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky for three-year-olds willing to race one mile on the dirt.

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Pensive

Pensive (February 5, 1941 – May 20, 1949) was a bright chestnut Thoroughbred racehorse that in 1944 won the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown.

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Pimlico Special

The Pimlico Special is a Grade 3 American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles (9.5 furlongs) held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in mid May.

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Ponder (horse)

Ponder (April 14, 1946 - October 10, 1958) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1949.

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Prairie Village, Kansas

Prairie Village is a primarily residential town in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Travers Stakes

The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

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Twilight Tear

Twilight Tear (1941–1954) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings

There is recognition for the United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings but no formal award is given to the trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing whose horses earned the most purse money in North American Thoroughbred racing.

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Wentworth Military Academy and College

Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri.

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Western United States

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States.

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Whirlaway

Whirlaway (April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse.

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Woolford Farm

Woolford Farm raised thoroughbred race horses in eastern Kansas, in what is now the city of Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_A._Jones

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