Thomas R. McCarthy

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Thomas R. McCarthy (born c.1934) is a Kentucky native and former High School teacher, school principal, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner & trainer best known for the 2009 Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner, General Quarters. From a racing family, his grandfather was a jockey in Ireland and both his father and uncle trained horses at racetracks in New England.

McCarthy has been a racehorse owner and trainer since 1960 and is unique in the racing industry in that he does all the work of maintaining and conditioning his horse(s).

References

Thomas McCarthy at the NTRA
April 28th 2009 New York Daily News story on Tom McCarthy

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