Vance Longden (March 14, 1930 – January 7, 2003) was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California.
At age twenty-three, Vance Longden was training on his own and using his father to ride some of his horses.
Together, and as part of the Alberta Ranches, Ltd. partnership, they successfully raced a number of horses including the 1953 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Royal Serenade, the 1955 U.S. Champion Turf Horse St. Vincent, plus Four-and-Twenty, winner of the 1961 Santa Anita Derby.
Vance Londgen battled throat cancer for several years and eventually was only able to speak through the use of a voice box.
His illness forced his retirement from racing and he was living in Arcadia, California at the time of his death in 2003.