| Larry Jones | ||
| Occupation: | Trainer | |
| Birthplace: | Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States | |
| Birth date: | September 2, 1956 | |
| Career wins: | Not found | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Fantasy Stakes (2003, 2008) Acorn Stakes (2004) Delaware Handicap (2005) Nassau County Breeders' Cup Stakes (2006) Prioress Breeders' Cup Stakes (2006) Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (2007) King's Bishop Stakes (2007) Lane's End Stakes (2007) Alabama Stakes (2008) Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes (2008) Kentucky Oaks (2008) Remsen Stakes (2008) Lecomte Stakes (2009) Risen Star Stakes (2009) Louisiana Derby (2009) Southwest Stakes (2009) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| Big Sport of Turfdom Award (2008) | ||
| Significant Horses | ||
| Hard Spun, Eight Belles, Friesan Fire, Old Fashioned | ||
J. Larry Jones (born September 2, 1956 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A former commercial farmer, he embarked on a career as a professional trainer in 1982.
Jones had trained at principally at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky and at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas before comiing into national prominence in 2007 with the colt, Hard Spun. In 2008, he was the trainer of Eight Belles, the best three-year-old filly in the United States until her untimely death following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.
Eight Belles drew an unfavorable post position for the 2008 Kentucky Oaks, and was scratched and run in the Kentucky Derby instead. Larry Jones saddled Eight Belles's stablemate, Proud Spell, to win the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs over a sloppy track the day before the Derby. Proud Spell went on to win the Eclipse Award for 3-year-old Filly.
In 2009, Larry Jones had two Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Old Fashioned and Friesan Fire. Old Fashioned won the Remsen Stakes and became the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby before he was upset by Win Willy in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. In the Arkansas Derby, Old Fashioned finished second to Papa Clem and was retired after it was discovered the son of Unbridled's Song had injured his knee. The road to the 2009 Kentucky Derby was a strange one, with the deflections of two of the race's favorites (Quality Road was the favorite before he was withdrawn from consideration thanks to a flare-up of quarter cracks. Then, the favored I Want Revenge was scratched the morning of the Kentucky Derby) before the race was run. When I Want Revenge was scratched and the track came up sloppy, Larry Jones's Friesan Fire became the favorite, since his decisive win in the slop in the Louisiana Derby proved he could handle an off-track. Unfortunately, Friesan Fire broke badly and was clipped in the race, fading to second-to-last place.
Larry Jones is known for wearing his trademark cowboy hat and western attire, as much for exercising his horses by riding them himself.
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