- LeRoy Jolley
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = LeRoy Jolley
caption =
occupation = Trainer
birthplace =Hot Springs, Arkansas flagicon|USA
birth date = 1937
death date =
career wins =
race =Arlington Classic (1962)Florida Derby (1962, 1976)Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1963, 1981)Blue Grass Stakes (1962, 1976, 1977)Manhattan Handicap (1973)Frizette Stakes (1975, 1990)
Matron Stakes (1975, 1990, 1991)Wood Memorial Stakes (1975, 1987)Travers Stakes (1976, 1979)Whitney Handicap (1977, 1985)Woodward Stakes (1985)United Nations Stakes (1986, 1987)Arlington Million (1987)Turf Classic Stakes (1987)Acorn Stakes (1991)Mother Goose Stakes (1991)American Classics /
Breeders' Cup wins:Kentucky Derby (1975, 1980)Breeders' Cup Turf (1986)Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1990)
awards =
honours =National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1987)
horses =Foolish Pleasure , General Assembly,Genuine Risk , Gulch,Honest Pleasure , Manila,Meadow Star
Ridan,What a Summer LeRoy Jolley (born 1937 in
Hot Springs, Arkansas ) is anUnited States Hall of FameThoroughbred horse trainer . The son of horse trainerMoody Jolley , LeRoy Jolley has been around horses all his life at age nineteen received a New York State trainer's license.In 1961, the twenty-four year old LeRoy Jolley was the trainer of the colt Ridan who at age two went undefeated in seven races including wins in the
Arlington Futurity and theWashington Park Futurity . Owned by his family along with two other partners, at age three Ridan gave LeRoy Jolley victory in record time in theHibiscus Stakes , plus the first of his threeBlue Grass Stakes wins. He then earned the first of his twoFlorida Derby s while defeating the future Hall of Famefilly , Cicada. The heavy favorite going into theKentucky Derby , Ridan ran wide throughout the race and wound up third in a hard fought race where he and Roman Line finished a neck behind upset winnerDecidedly whom Ridan had easily beaten in the Blue Grass stakes. In that year'sTravers Stakes at theSaratoga Race Course , Ridan lost by a fraction of a nose toJaipur in one of the most dramatic races in American Thoroughbred racing history and one that is still written and talked about today. [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/journals/saratoga2/article2.asp]Jolley went on to train two Kentucky Derby winners, first with
Foolish Pleasure in 1975 then withGenuine Risk in 1980. He won numerous other important Americangraded stakes race s including the 1986Breeders' Cup Turf and the 1987Arlington Million with Manila plus the 1990Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies withMeadow Star .In 1987, LeRoy Jolley was inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame .References
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=262 LeRoy Jolley at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/journals/saratoga2/article2.asp Thoroughbred Times article on the 1962 Travers Stakes]
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