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Stuart S. Janney III
  
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
2009 Stats:
Starts
39
1st-2nd-3rd
9-6-7
Earnings (Rank)
$361,079 (396)
Win % (In-The-Money %)
23% (56%)

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 Biography and Highlights:  
  • Born: Aug. 31, 1948 in Baltimore, Md.
  • Residence: Butler, Md.
  • Family: wife, Lynn; children, Emily and Matthew
  • Education: Graduated from the University of North Carolina ... Received a law degree from the University of Maryland
  • Professional Background: Chairman of Bessemer Trust Company and Bessemer Securities Corp. (Sponsor of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies) ... Chairman of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and a trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University
  • Racing Background: Introduced to racing through his parents, Stuart and Barbara, who owned the champion filly Ruffian ... Ruffian, one of the most beloved fillies of her generation, won her first 10 starts before she tragically broke down during a 1975 match race with Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure and was euthanized ...  The Janneys also owned Icecapade and Private Terms ... Stuart S. Janney III is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association and a member and steward of The Jockey Club ... He serves as chairman of The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee, which was formed in May 2008 ... Is a past chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) and remains active with the organization
  • Racing Career: Janney’s most successful runner to date was Coronado’s Quest, who won the G1 Haskell and Travers as a 3-year-old in 1998 ... Coronado’s Quest also captured the Dwyer (G2) and Riva Ridge (G2) at three and the Remsen (G2), Cowdin (G2) and Nashua (G3) at two ... Coronado’s Quest accounted for Janney’s lone Breeders’ Cup start, finishing fifth in the 1998 Breeders’ Cup Classic ... Janney hopes to end that hiatus with several candidates for Breeders’ Cup races in 2008, all of which are homebreds ... Hunting, a candidate for the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Marathon, won the Stuyvesant (G3) in 2007 ... Criminologist, who is being pointed toward the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, won this year’s Noble Damsel (G3), Beaugay (G3), Cardinal (G3), and Athenia (G3) Handicaps ... Carriage Trail, winner of the Doubledogdare (G3) at Keeneland and De La Rose at Saratoga, is a possibility for the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (formerly Distaff) ... Janney bred and owns Criminologist and Carriage Trail in partnership with Phipps Stable. ... Janney and Ogden Mills Phipps are first cousins
  • Breeding/Racing Operation: Owns approximately 80 horses, some in partnership with Phipps Stable or Seth Hancock ... Keeps 20 broodmares at Claiborne Farm, in Paris, Ky.

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