Derby Trainer Record Held By Ben A. Jones With Six, Daily Racing Form, 1954-05-01

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Derby Trainer Record Held By Ben A Jones With Six SixCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky April 30 Ben A Jones the sage of Par nell Mo who came out of the West with a small stable on his way to the big time holds the Kentucky Derby trainers record with six successes successesJones Jones first fortune in the Run for the Roses was achieved with Herbert M Woolf s Lawrin in 1938 He then joined the Calumet Farm forces and sent out five Derby victors under the devils red and blue colors of that establishment Whirl away 1941 Pensive 1944 Citation 1948 Ponder 1949 and Hill Gail two years ago agoThe The late H J Dick Thompson known as Derby Dick held the mark exclusively with four until Jones tied it with Citation and broke it with Ponder Thompson put the tack on Behave Yourself 1921 Bub ¬ bling Over 1926 Burgoo King 1932 and Brokers Tip in the famous 1933 duel with Head Play The quartet was owned by the late Col Edward B Bradley


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