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Loyd Gentry Jr. is an American trainer who has been involved in the horse racing industry for over 60 years. He is best known for training the legendary racehorse Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973. Gentry was born in Covington, Kentucky, on January 19, 1925. He began his career as a jockey in the 1940s, but soon switched to training horses. He worked for various stables in the United States and Canada before settling in Maryland in the late 1950s. Gentry's first major success came in 1967 when he trained the horse Damascus to win the Preakness Stakes. He went on to train other successful horses, including the legendary Secretariat. Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, becoming the first horse to do so in 25 years. Gentry has been inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the Maryland Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He is still active in the horse racing industry and continues to train horses at his farm in Maryland. He is 87 years old.

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Occupation Horse trainer
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 19 January 1925
Birthday 19 January
Birthplace Covington, Kentucky, US
Date of death (2012-07-01)
Died Place Lexington, Kentucky, US
Nationality United States

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2012

He continued to train horses until his death on July 1, 2012, at Lexington, Kentucky.

1969

Gentry won a second Kentucky Oaks with Hail to Patsy in 1969 and the Forerunner Stakes with Supreme Quality in 1970.

1967

Gentry Jr. trained the 1967 Kentucky Derby winner, Darby Dan Farm's, Proud Clarion, ridden by Bobby Ussery. Proud Clarion finished third in the 1967 Preakness, behind Damascus and In Reality.

1965

In 1965, Gentry became trainer to John W. Galbreath's Darby Dan Farm. The move forced him to give up training a promising two-year-old named Kauai King who went on to win the following year's Derby. In 1966, Gentry trained Darby Dan Farm's Graustark, winner of the 1965 Arch Ward Stakes at Arlington Park and the 1966 Bahamas Stakes at Hialeah Park. After Buckpasser suffered a quarter crack, Graustark became widely favored to win the Kentucky Derby that year. Because Graustark had never raced over 7 furlongs, it was decided, in spite of a slightly infected left front hoof, to run him in the 9 furlong Blue Grass Stakes as a prep for the 1966 Kentucky Derby. Graustark was beaten by a nose by Abe's Hope after suffering a career-ending injury.

1955

Gentry competed mainly at race tracks in New York, South Florida, Kentucky, and Illinois. Gentry trained for several major owners including Harry Frank Guggenheim. In 1955 he sent two of Guggenheim's colts to run in the Kentucky Derby: the Blue Grass Stakes winner Racing Fool, ridden by Henry Moreno, finished fourth, and Flying Fury, winner of the Champagne Stakes, ridden by Conn McCreary, ran sixth. He had previously trained Milton Shagrin's Shag Tails, ridden by John Nazareth, to finish thirteenth in 1952. Gentry also won the Kentucky Oaks and the Beldame Stakes with Lalun in 1955. In 1964, he sent out the two-year-old Umbrella Fella to win four races including the Breeders' Futurity Stakes

1943

Gentry served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943 to 1946 during World War II before beginning his career as a trainer.

1941

Born in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, Gentry was the son of jockey and trainer, Loyd Gentry Sr. His father trained for the prominent Canadian horseman Harry C. Hatch for whom he conditioned the winner of the 1941 King's Plate. Loyd Jr. was also the nephew of Olin B. Gentry, who managed the horse breeding operations of Colonel Edward R. Bradley.

1925

Loyd "Boo" Gentry Jr. (January 19, 1925 – July 1, 2012) was an American horse trainer best known for training Proud Clarion to win the 1967 Kentucky Derby.