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Jimmy Jerkens & Centennial’s Don Little Jr: Family, Adversity, & Wicked Strength

In early 2009, trainer Jimmy Jerkens was flying high – if such a phrase could be used to describe a man better known for shying from the spotlight than for grabbing headlines. He had married his high school sweetheart the year before, and he had a barn full of fast horses, including a brilliant colt…

June 5, 2014 in Belmont Stakes.

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