Hall of Famer Allen Jerkens Headlines Seminar at Charles Town Racetrack

Date Posted: 5/25/2006 11:42:11 AM
            
As part of its on-going series, the Virginia Thoroughbred             Association (VTA) will conduct a seminar featuring three nationally 
known trainers November 21 at Charles Town Racetrack in West 
Virginia. 

The guest trainers are A. Ferris Allen III, Robbie Bailes, and Allen 
Jerkens. The seminar will follow an open forum format, with the 
trainers fielding questions from the audience. 

Allen, the all-time leading trainer at Colonial Downs, has trained 
the winners of more than 1,500 races with earnings of over $20 
million, including Maryland Juvenile Championship winner Miracle 
Wood and grade II winner Passeggiata.

Bailes has trained the winners of more than 500 races and over $8 
million, including 2005 Withers Stakes (gr. III) winner and 
Preakness Stakes (gr. I) runner-up Scrappy-T, Scootin Girl, and Take Achance On Me.
         
Jerkens is a member of the Hall of Fame and is known for his upsets, including defeating Secretariat with both Onion and Prove Out. He was the leading trainer in New York in 1957, 1962, 1966, 1969, and 1998. In 1973 and 1984, he won the Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer; in 1975, he was the youngest trainer ever inducted into the Hall of Fame; and in 1994, he trained champion Sky Beauty. From 1950 to 2005, Jerkens has trained over 160 stakes winners.

Cost for the seminar is $50 per ticket, including a full buffet 
dinner. The event starts at 6 p.m. with check-in and a cash bar, 
followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m., and the seminar at 7 p.m. Advance reservations are required. Please contact the VTA at either 540-347-4313 or vta@vabred.org.

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