John C. Kimmel
$709,132
2024 earnings
19%
2024 wins
$70,598,784
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2024 Stats
Career Stats
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13
Firsts
1,441
6
Seconds
1,305
5
Thirds
1,148
45
Unplaced
4,731
69
Starts
8,625
$709,132
Earnings
$70,598,784
$10,277
Earnings / Start
$8,185
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Bio
John Kimmel secured his first win as a trainer in 1987, and for several years afterward was one of the leading trainers on the New York circuit, saddling Grade 1 winner Hidden Lake and Grade 2 winner Successful Appeal among many other stakes winners.
During the 2000s, he was represented by such elite horses as 2004 Florida Derby winner Friends Lake and 2006 two-time Grade 1 winner Premium Tap, who ran third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
John Kimmel secured his first win as a trainer in 1987, and for several years afterward was one of the leading trainers on the New York circuit, saddling Grade 1 winner Hidden Lake and Grade 2 winner Successful Appeal among many other stakes winners.
During the 2000s, he was represented by such elite horses as 2004 Florida Derby winner Friends Lake and 2006 two-time Grade 1 winner Premium Tap, who ran third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Kimmel’s graded stakes winners were less plentiful during the 2010s, but he picked up his first Breeders’ Cup win in 2017 when Bar of Gold took the Filly and Mare Sprint in a 66.70-1 upset.
Kimmel is a 1980 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.
