About Eugene Jacobs
Lived 1912 – 1999 (aged 86). Eugene Jacobs was an American horse trainer.
Eugene Jacobs (November 9, 1912 – May 20, 1999) was an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses who conditioned Sheilas Reward to back-to-back American Champion Sprint Horse national honors in 1950 and 1951. He was a brother to trainer Sidney Jacobs and to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs.
Career Jacobs began working in 1939 at age seventeen as a groom for the stable of older brother Hirsch. In 1944 he went out on his own and over the years trained for prominent owners such as Herbert A. Allen Sr., Louis Lazare, and Perne L. Grissom. Jacobs retired from racing on September 1, 1989.
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Who was Eugene Jacobs?
American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses (1912-1999)
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Eugene Jacobs was born on 9 November 1912 in New York City.
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Eugene Jacobs died on 20 May 1999.
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Eugene Jacobs was a horse trainer.
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Eugene Jacobs was American.
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