J. Larry Jones
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J. Larry Jones is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. He has trained over one thousand winners, including three winners of the Kentucky Oaks: Proud Spell in 2008, Believe You Can in 2012, a
Eight Belles being ridden by her trainer, Larry Jones, prior to the Kentucky Derby in 2008.
Eight Belles
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Eight Belles was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. Her collapse just after the race resulted in immediate euthanasia.
J. Larry Jones
…Believe You Can in 2012, and Lovely Maria in 2015. He has trained two horses who have finished second in the Kentucky Derby; Hard Spun, and the filly Eight Belles. Jones began training with a horse he owned himself, Ala Turf, in 1980. Originally a farmer of cotton, tobacco and soy bean, Jones found training horses…
Eight Belles being exercised by Jones at Churchill Downs, May 1, 2008