Benjamin W. Perkins Jr.
Appearance
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Ben Perkins Jr. | |
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Occupation | Trainer |
Born | March 10, 1956 Camden, New Jersey, United States |
Career wins | 1,336+ (ongoing) |
Major racing wins | |
Bonnie Miss Stakes (1988) Forward Gal Stakes (1988) Garden State Stakes (1989, 1991) Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes (1990, 2000, 2001, 2002) Delaware Handicap (1991) Molly Pitcher Stakes (1991) Federico Tesio Stakes (1993) Fountain of Youth Stakes (1993) Sapling Stakes (1993) Wood Memorial Stakes (1993) Salvator Mile Handicap (1994) Chick Lang Stakes (1995, 1999, 2000, 2011) Arlington Sprint Handicap (1996) Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes (1999) Nashua Stakes (1999) Woodford Stakes (1999, 2002) Sorority Stakes (2000, 2001, 2002) Spinaway Stakes (2000) Longfellow Stakes (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006) West Virginia Derby (2000) Colleen Stakes (2001) De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (2001, 2004) Forego Handicap (2001) Gotham Stakes (2001) Withers Stakes (2001) Maryland Million Distaff Handicap (2002) Safely Kept Stakes (2006) Maryland Million Oaks (2009) |
Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. (born March 10, 1956 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, he is the son of Benjamin W. Perkins who conditioned racehorses for close to fifty years.[1]
In 1981, Perkins won his first race with at Atlantic City Race Course.
References
- ^ Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. biography at the NTRA Archived August 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine