H. Allen Jerkens

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April, 21, 1929 - Islip, NY USA

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Bellerose Terrace, NY USA

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Workout Patterns of a Lasix-free Gulfstream entry

107 entries at GP on Sunday, December 4th and only one running Lasix free – trained by blog favorite/Hall of Famer Allen Jerkens of course, how can he accomplish this feat? Wild by Nature got whipped in this race after a stumbling start, but that is not the object of this [...]Read More

Source: thoroedge.wordpress.com · Posted 55 days ago ·

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US Thoroughbreds Are Not Only Slower, But Also Breakdown More Often

What a mess: we are breeding for speed – but not getting it, and simultaneously our horses are getting injured more often while running route races in times similar to those of the 1940s. Unlike the Leonardo da Vinci quote above – some of us are indeed saying something about…Read More

Source: thoroedge.wordpress.com · Posted 61 days ago ·

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EIPH: If You’re not Breezing, You’re Bleeding

Allen Jerkens pointed to a fitter, sturdier animal as another reason why bleeding was considered atypical in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He said none of his good horses were bleeders. “Horses worked a lot harder in those days,” he said...Read More

Source: thoroedge.wordpress.com · Posted 82 days ago ·

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Secretariat, Prove Out, Riva Ridge, Onion - September 29th

With Meadown Stable's Riva Ridge scratched because of rainy weather, his stablemate Secretariat was left to compete in the 1 1/2 mile Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park.Read More

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Go Unbridled wins off the turf Hettinger

Go Unbridled scored her first stakes victory Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park with a last-to-first rally in the $100,000 John Hettinger for New York-bred fillies and mares. Her victory gave Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens his first stakes win of 2011. “We win one every year,” said J...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 135 days ago ·

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Rightfully So Debuts On Alabama Undercard

Seven years after his dam, Society Selection, won the Grade 1 Alabama, Rightfully So will make his debut in Saturday’s sixth race, part of the TVG Alabama undercard. Rightfully So, a 2-year-old ridgling, is trained by Hall of Famer Allen Jerkens for Irving I. Cowan, the connections behind Soc...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 173 days ago ·

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The Legendary 1973 Whitney Handicap

It was 1973, and Secretariat was on his way to racing immortality, having just captured the first Triple Crown since Citation in 1948. He seemed unbeatable ... Read More

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AndyScoggin · Author's Note: I remember sitting in front of the TV watching the 1973 Whitney, the whole time thinking, 'When is Secretariat going to make his move and blow by Onion?' It was shocking to me that he could lose. Over the years it was interesting to learn more and more about what happened to Secretariat that day. · 190 days ago ·

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BrianZipse · It was the biggest upset of my lifetime. Secretariat had an aura after the Belmont, and for him to lose to Onion was unthinkable. Like Jerkens said though, Onion was a very good older horse, but he will forever be remembered as the nobody who shocked the mighty Secretariat at Saratoga. · 189 days ago ·

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Bluegrass · Very nice article. This was definitely one of those "upsets of a lifetime." But, it happens at least once to almost all of the great ones - Man O'War, Zenyatta, and, yes, Secretariat! · 189 days ago ·

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zxswordxz · What I don't understand is why the owner and trainer didn't take a keen interest in the horse health to know he wasn't himself. In all three W's race the horse had problems and no one pick it up. Wood Memorial(Abscess), Whitney(Fever) & Woodward(Runny Stools-Stomach Problem) Was the vet's that bad in those days? · 189 days ago ·

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AndyScoggin · zxswordxz, In the Wood Memorial and in the Whitney there were financial issues that seemed to cloud decison making. At the time of the Wood it was Secretariat's breeding syndication and at Whitney time it was the Marlboro Cup. · 189 days ago ·

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GooberNation · he still did well for running a fever! onion is a great horse as well · 186 days ago ·

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No Duck for the Chief

So it was with relief, joy, and more…Read More

Source: brooklynbackstretch.com · Posted 190 days ago ·

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Raison d'Etat Lukewarm Curlin Favorite

A field of seven closely matched 3-year-olds, all looking to take the next step, will gather Friday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course in the third running of the $75,000 Curlin at 1 1/8 miles on the main track. Much like the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy the following day, the Curlin will serve as a b...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 196 days ago ·

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Bold Warrior Likely for Curlin Stakes

Two days after losing his rider during a workout, Irving M. Cowan's Bold Warrior turned in a 1:27.86 seven-furlong breeze at Saratoga on Sunday as he trains for a possible start in this Friday's $75,000 Curlin. Bold Warrior, who has a maiden victory and an optional claiming score to his credi...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 199 days ago ·

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Saratoga 2011: First Look

NYRA's kickoff press conference for Saratoga 2011 took place in Albany on Monday. Joe DePaolo unearthed a few nuggets from the gathering that are sure to whet any race fan's appetite for America's premier race meeting.Read More

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girt · We'll be staying at Longfellows the weeekend of the Alabama. I wouldn't mind a Saratoga sports bag either. It has to be more durable than the umbrella. Although the Travers is a wonderful race, there is something more special to me about Alabama. I can't quite put my finger on it. Does anyone else prefer the Alabama over the Travers? I'd like to hear your opinion. Thanks · 225 days ago ·

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BrianZipse · I can't tell you how happy I am that NBC/Versus and NYRA have worked out a great deal for the fans. Every Saturday and one Sunday is outstanding, it will be like the old days, and the next best thing to actually being at the Spa! · 225 days ago ·

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AndyScoggin · I will be at the Spa the week of August 8. Anyone else going to be there at that time? Can't wait! · 225 days ago ·

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BigAConfidential · I was on hand for my first Alabama last year, Girt -- the classic battle between Blind Luck and Havre De Grace. Incredible day. I know what you're saying. The day has a great feel to it, with out the overcrowding of Travers Day. Agreed, Zip. Though I wish you could make it out here. Andy, I'll be there for the Whitney and Vanderbilt. Looks like I'll just miss you, unfortunately. · 225 days ago ·

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GregoryBeringer · Spa!!! Truly a religious-like expierence. · 225 days ago ·

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sjuwill · ill be there for the alabama...have been the last few years but last year had to go whitney instead and saw blame but its back to alabama for me · 225 days ago ·

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MzWTF · Can't wait. The best time of the year at the best track in the country with the best horses. What more could you ask for? · 223 days ago ·

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stevekklash · Love Saratoga · 211 days ago ·

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Jockey Joe Rocco Sr, tries to revive career

Joe Rocco Sr. knows his way around every racetrack up and down the East Coast, but he is having a tough time finding the winner's circle at Suffolk Downs. A journeyman jockey, Rocco has been on the racetrack since the mid-1970s, when his father pulled him out of school at 16 to work in Allen Jerkens...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 215 days ago ·

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Jerkens Takes Time With Bold Warrior

Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens is patiently handling Bold Warrior, the regally bred 3-year-old who won a Belmont optional claimer by 3 ¼ lengths on Wednesday. By Horse of the Year Bernardini and out of Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Hollywood Wildcat, Bold Warrior has won two of three starts, ...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 221 days ago ·

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Bold Warrior strong choice at Belmont

Three optional claiming races and the first turf sprint of the season for 2-year-olds are on tap as a six-day holiday week gets under way Wednesday.Bold Warrior, an up-and-coming 3-year-old who was scratched from the Grade 2 Woody Stephens on Belmont Stakes day, will break from the outside in a fiel...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 226 days ago ·

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Jerkens Likes Bold Warrior

Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens had thought highly of Irving Cowan’s Bold Warrior, and the regally bred colt took his first step towards meeting those expectations when he broke his maiden by three lengths yesterday at Belmont Park in his second start. “You always have hope when you have ...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 261 days ago ·

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ttp · Nobody can train a horse better than the Chief..... Best of all times · 261 days ago ·

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BrianZipse · Looking forward to see this one graduate to stakes racing soon. · 261 days ago ·

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Jerkens Seeks Fifth Beaugay

Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who has won four editions of the Beaugay, will be trying for a fifth in tomorrow’s 1 1/16-mile turf race with Hal Snowden Jr.’s Bet On the Blue, beaten a head by Miss Blakely in her 2011 debut in the South Beach at Gulfstream Park. “She ran well in that...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 277 days ago ·

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Countdown to the Cup: Afleet Heat

The 141st Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug, 28 was all about fathers and sons. Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens has been known to weep openly following a victory, even after six decades as one of the top trainers in America. His most recent tears had been shed on Aug. 27 when he won a 3-year-old maiden ...Read More

Source: bloodhorse.com · Posted 526 days ago ·

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Afleet Express, Jerkens Doing Well

The Travers appears to have taken more out of trainer Jimmy Jerkens than his colt Afleet Express, who yesterday prevailed by a nose in the “Mid-Summer Derby.” “I was tired,” said Jerkens, moments before saddling Luxury Appeal to a second-place finish in Sunday’s third race. “I was knocked out...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 527 days ago ·

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Training Title to Honor Jerkens

The training title at Saratoga Race Course, one of the most coveted in the sport of horse racing, will be named in honor of Hall of Famer H. Allen Jerkens, himself a four-time leading trainer at the Spa. “Mr. Jerkens epitomizes the highest standards any horseman can aspire to and NYRA is extr...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 534 days ago ·

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Rodriguez innocent until proven guilty

When the Chad Brown-trained More Than Real won a maiden race on Saturday, she became Brown’s twelfth winner at the current Saratoga meet. Through Sunday’s races the 31-year-old Brown had started 31 horses at the Spa. Besides the 12 winners, an additional 7 horses have finished in the money.Read More

Source: saratogian.com · Posted 540 days ago ·

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