Thompson hoped to repeat his win the next year, and entered the stake again, but was beaten by Setting Sun and Sam Paschal.
[2] Thompson was one of the trainers to set up the Sale of Champions, an annual horse auction that takes place during the Celebration every year.
Although he had ridden a World Grand Champion, Thompson's favorite horse was a gelding named Mr.
[2] Trainers who got started in the horse industry by Thompson include Allan Callaway, Jack Johnson, Joe Martin, and Mack Motes.
[2] In 1968 Thompson retired from training and set up a breeding operation called Stallion Stables.
[1] The next year Maurice Wilson, a rider he had been mentoring, won the World Grand Championship on the horse Ebony's Senator.