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Longden

American  
[lawng-duhn, long-] / ˈlɔŋ dən, ˈlɒŋ- /

noun

  1. John Eric Johnny, 1907–2003, U.S. jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer, born in England.


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Longden, who started his career in 1927, coaxes Bente to a head victory over Flying Finish II in the fourth race at Santa Anita Park.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2020

"Robert was 28 years older than Quilliam so I think there may have been a bit of a father-son relationship there," says Ms Longden.

From BBC • May 18, 2019

Soderlund, C., Longden, I. & Mott, R. FPC: a system for building contigs from restriction fingerprinted clones.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

The late-1950s version of Arrogate, who won 20 of his labor-intensive 83 career starts, propelled jockey John Longden to racing history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2017

Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand