The popular and colorful 52-year old, famous as the trainer of Hard Spun, Eight Belles, Proud Spell, and this year's potential three year old star, Old Fashioned, talks of retirement as if he's overdue for the rocking chair, but the real problem is that Jones has become worn out by the price of success. As the demand for his services have increased and his operations have expanded, Jones was becoming a Todd Pletcher-style trainer/racing manager/executive - an achievement about which most trainers can only dream. Jones hates it.
Eight Belles
7 February 2009
is decision will stick.
Posted by Final Furlong | 1 comment
24 January 2009
The horse racing industry needs change. Congressional time? No. We have escalating costs in the economy and jobs going out of the country. There are so many things elected officials need to be doing a
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