[1] He was the first African-American trainer of a classic race winner to be mentioned in post-race reports.
[2] Abe Perry began his career training for Gen. Abraham Buford at his Bosque Bonita breeding farm in Woodford County, Kentucky.
From 1876 through 1878 he conditioned the colt McWhirter to several stakes race wins.
Among his other wins with Joe Cotton, in 1885 Abe Perry won the important Tennessee Derby in Nashville and Coney Island Derby at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York.
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