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| Thomas Kelly |
Stats Updated Through: 5/30/2006
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- Born: Sept. 19, 1919, Baltimore, Md.
- Resident: Miami Springs, Fla.
- Family: wife Francis, sons Patrick, Danny, Larry, and Timothy; daughters Patricia and Jeanne Marie. Three of Thomas (Tommy) Kelly's sons are involved in racing: Patrick is the trainer of Evening Attire, Larry is an assistant to D. Wayne Lukas in Kentucky, and Timothy works as a racing official in New York
- Tommy Kelly is a Hall of Fame trainer whose career has lasted 54 years
- Best known for 1980 Champion Sprinter Plugged Nickle, who won nine stakes, including the Florida Derby and Wood Memorial
- Also trained 65 stakes winners, including Noble Dancer II, Topsider, King's Bishop and Sauce Boat
- Legend has it that Kelly got involved in racing by jumping the fence at Pimlico upon graduation from high school, ripping his graduation suit in the process
- Worked as a hotwalker for John Hertz
- After service in WWII, Kelly resumed his racing career, obtaining his trainer's license in 1945 and going to work for Thornecliff Farm
- Raced on the New York and Florida circuit
- Kelly retired from training in 1982 but stays involved by breeding a few horses each year.
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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