| 词条 | Abraham Perry |
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| name = Abraham Perry | image = | caption = | occupation = Racehorse trainer | birth_place = Midway, Kentucky, United States | birth_date = 1842 | death_date = 1908 | death_place = | resting_place = African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington, Kentucky | career wins = | race = Colts Stakes (1876) Colt and Filly Stakes (1876) Belle Meade Stakes (1876) Clark Handicap (1877) Phoenix Hotel Stakes (1877) Phoenix Hotel Fall Stakes (1877) Coney Island Derby (1885) Tennessee Derby (1885) Tidal Stakes (1885) American Classics wins: | awards = | honours = | horses = Joe Cotton, McWhirter | updated = }}Abraham "Abe" Perry (1842-1908) was an African-American thoroughbred horse trainer born in Midway, Kentucky best remembered as the winner of the 1885 Kentucky Derby with Joe Cotton.[1] He was the first African-American trainer of a classic race winner to be mentioned in post-race reports.[2] Racing careerAbe Perry began his career training for Gen. Abraham Buford at his Bosque Bonita breeding farm in Woodford County, Kentucky. From 1876 through 1878 he conditioned the colt McWhirter to several stakes race wins. He ran fifth to Baden-Baden in the May 22, 1877 Kentucky Derby but came back less than a week later to defeat Baden-Baden in the May 28 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. Among his other wins with Joe Cotton, in 1885 Abe Perry won the important Tennessee Derby in Nashville and Coney Island Derby at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York.[3] Perry is buried in African Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington, Kentucky.[4][5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1885 |title=1885 Joe Cotton |publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated |date=1885-05-14 |accessdate=2018-12-03}} 2. ^{{cite web|author1=Richard Sowers|title=The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTJiAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA32&ots=QFfeakq2Tj&dq=abe%20perry%20trainer&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=abe%20perry%20trainer&f=false|website=books.google.com|publisher=McFarland|accessdate=7 May 2018|page=32|date=February 25, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|author1=Katie Pratt and Carl Nathe|title=UK Highlights African Americans in Equine|url=https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-highlights-african-americans-equine|website=uknow.uky.edu|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=6 May 2018|date=September 16, 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|author1=Katie Pratt|title=Soil Scientist Works to Preserve Early Equine History|url=https://thehorse.com/119842/soil-scientist-works-to-preserve-early-equine-history/|website=thehorse.com|publisher=The Horse Media Group LLC|accessdate=7 May 2018|date=September 11, 2011}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Men of the Thoroughbred Industry|url=http://www.africancemeteryno2.org/Home/horsemen|website=africancemeteryno2.org|accessdate=7 May 2018}} External links
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