The New York Racing Association

Name: H. Allen Jerkens

Birthdate: April 21, 1929

Birthplace: Islip, NY

When Jerkens was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1975 at age 45, he was then the youngest trainer to be so honored. By that point Jerkens had already cemented his reputation as “The Giant Killer,” upsetting Kelso three times in 1962 and ‘63 with Beau Purple and Secretariat twice in 1973 in the Whitney Handicap with Onion and the Woodward Handicap with Prove Out; 1973 was the same year Jerkens was honored with the Eclipse award for Top Trainer.

In 1992 Jerkens campaigned stakes winners November Snow, Devil His Due, Sky Beauty, Missy’s Mirage, Belong to Me and Miss Iron Smoke. Sky Beauty would go on to win New York’s Triple Tiara for fillies the following year and the Eclipse award as Top Older Female the year after that.

Career Highlights:

Elected to Hall of Fame in 1975 at age 45, then the youngest trainer to be so honored.
Eclipse winner as Top Trainer in 1973.
Honored by the New York Turf Writers Association with the Outstanding Trainer Award five times (co-recipient in 1957 and sole recipient in 1962, 1973, 1992 and 1994).
Honored by the National Turf Writers Association with the Mr. Fitz Award in 2001.
Trained Sky Beauty to victory in New York’s Triple Tiara for fi llies in 1993; in 1994 she won the Eclipse as Top Older Female.
Upset both eventual Horse of the Year Skip Away and Gentlemen with 34-1 Wagon Limit in the 1998 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
In 1992 campaigned stakes winners November Snow, Devil His Due, Sky Beauty, Missy’s Mirage, Belong to Me and Miss Iron Smoke.
Upset Secretariat twice in 1973 - in the Whitney Handicap with Onion and in the Woodward Handicap with Prove Out.
Upset Buckpasser in the 1967 Brooklyn Handicap with Handsome Boy.

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