Everything about James G Rowe Sr totally explained
|birth date = 1857
|death date = August 2, 1929
|career wins = Not found
|race =
American Classic Race wins:Kentucky Derby (1881, 1915)
Preakness Stakes (1921)
Belmont Stakes(1893, 1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913)
|awards =
United States' Leading jockey(1871, 1872, 1873)
United States' Leading trainer by earnings(1908, 1913, 1915)
|honours =
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1955)
|horses =
Colin,
Commando,
Hindoo,
Luke BlackburnMiss Woodford,
Peter Pan,
Regret,
SysonbyWhisk Broom II,
Maskette,
George Kinney,
Johren
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James G. Rowe, Sr. (
1857 -
August 2,
1929) was an
American thoroughbred race horse jockey and
trainer.
James Rowe was born in the environs of
Richmond, Virginia and went to work at a racetrack as a boy of ten. He went from apprentice rider to leading jockey in the U.S. from 1871 to 1873 that included his winning the
Belmont Stakes twice. However, with age came weight, and Rowe turned to the training of horses for the
Dwyer Brothers Stable. On May 17, 1881, with the future Hall of Fame horse, "
Hindoo," he became the youngest trainer to ever win the
Kentucky Derby. The horse went on to win eighteen straight races that year, a record that still stands.
The Dwyer's were owners who pushed their horses hard in a manner that would be unacceptable and illegal today. James Rowe, quit the Dwyers in a dispute regarding overracing their horses, especially the splendid mare
Miss Woodford, but his skills brought offers from other wealthy stable owners including
James R. Keene and
August Belmont then thirty-four years later for
Harry Payne Whitney for whom he trained his second Kentucky Derby winner.
James Rowe was the leading money winner in 1908, 1913, and in 1915, the year the Whitney stables
Regret became the first
filly to ever win the Kentucky Derby. Regret was named 1915's
Horse of the Year and would be elected to the racing Hall of Fame. Rowe had four second place finishes with horses in the
Preakness Stakes and won it with
Broomspun in 1921.
Despite his many victories in important races, it's the performance of his horses in the
Belmont Stakes for which James Rowe is most remembered. Between 1883 and 1913, he won the Belmont Stakes eight times, more than any other trainer in history. One of those victories came in 1908 with a horse named
Colin who went unbeaten during his fifteen race career. Rowe considered Colin to be the greatest horse he'd ever trained and once said that for his epitaph, he only wanted these words carved on his tombstone: "
He trained Colin."
Following its formation, in 1955 James Rowe, Sr. was inducted posthumously into the United States'
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. With thirty-four to his credit, he trained more champions than any other Hall of Fame trainer. His son,
James G. Rowe, Jr. would also enjoy a very successful career as a trainer.
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