A. Jack Joyner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American horse trainer
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1861
Place of Birth: Enfield, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 01-Sep-1943
Profession: horse trainer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About A. Jack Joyner
- Andrew Jackson "Jack" Joyner (August 4, 1861 - September 1, 1943) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Known as "Jack" and reported as "A.J." and "A.
- Jack," Joyner was born in Enfield, North Carolina, the son of Dr.
- and Mrs.
- Henry Joyner.
- A fan of horse racing, in 1879 the seventeen-year-old Joyner had hung a series of racing pictures on the wall in the small town post office where he was working when they were spotted by future U.S.
- Racing Hall of Fame trainer William Burch.
- Joyner's enthusiasm led to Burch offering him a job with his racing stable.
- From there, Jack Joyner went work for a short time as a jockey before turning to the training horses.
- He saddled his first winner in 1884 in a career that would span fifty-nine years.
- From that, six years were spent in England following passage of State of New York Hart-Agnew anti-betting law in 1908, the year he won more races than any trainer in the United States.Jack Joyner's abilities led to him training for major owners such as James B.
- A.
- Haggin, Sydney Paget, and for Harry Payne Whitney and August Belmont Jr.
- whose horses he raced in England including Whisk Broom II.
- In addition, Joyner owned and raced a number of horses for himself both in the United States and in England.
- Jack Joyner worked in England from the time the racing season opened on March 23, 1909 until November 1915 when he returned to the United States and began a twenty-five-year association as trainer for stable owner George D.
- Widener, Jr. During his career, Jack Joyner trained five Champions: Ethelbert, American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1899) Waterboy, American Champion Older Male Horse (1903) Hamburg Belle, American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1903) St.
- James, American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1923) Jamestown, American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1930)Jack Joyner died on September 1, 1943, at age eighty-two at George Widener's Erdenheim Stud at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
- Following its creation, he was part of the inaugural class inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1955. For a time, Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, ran the A.
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- Joyner Handicap, a six furlong event that notably was won by Whirlaway in 1941.
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