James G. Rowe, Sr. (1857–1929) was an American thoroughbred race horse jockey and trainer. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... The racecourse is a classical meeting point for the people of Chester. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

James Rowe went to work at a racetrack as a boy of ten and 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 Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... Dwyer Brothers Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing operation owned by Brooklyn, New York businessmen, Phil and Mike F. Dwyer. ... Hindoo (1878-1901) was an American thoroughbred race horse. ... The Kentucky Derby, the worlds preeminent horse race, is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...

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. Miss Woodford beating Freeland in 1885 Foaled in 1880, Miss Woodford was a big brown Thoroughbred racing filly bred by Colonel Catesby Woodford and Colonel Ezekial Clay of Runnymead Farm near Paris, Kentucky. ... James Robert Keene born 1838 - January 3, 1913 was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. ... August Belmont August Belmont, Sr. ... Harry Payne Whitney was a businessman, horsebreeder and the husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ...

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. Regret was a famous racehorse, foaled in 1912 to Broomstick and sired by Jersey Lightning. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...

Despite his many victories in important races, it is 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 had ever trained and once said that for his epitaph, he only wanted these words carved on his tombstone: "He trained Colin." The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... Colin (1905-1932) was an undefeated American thoroughbred horse racing champion. ...

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. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... James G. Rowe, Jr. ...

References

• James Rowe, Sr. at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame