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District 8
Mark Ford
Mark Ford
Mark Ford
Biography

Mark Ford, a native of Lewisburg, W.Va., is a first-generation horseman who cut his racing teeth with such horsemen as Clint Galbraith and Ted Wing. Ford is the youngest trainer in history to reach milestones of $10 million, $20 million, $30 million, $40 million, $50 million and $60 million in career earnings. He is also the only trainer to have won a pair of million-dollar races before his 30th birthday. He trained 2000 Horse of the Year Gallo Blue Chip along with millionaires Whosurboy, Turnpike Token, Armbro Animate, Stonebridge Kisses and Self Professed, top performer On The Attack and double-gaited world champion Six Day War. Ford has won training titles at both Meadowlands Racetrack and Yonkers Raceway. He races one of the largest stables in North America and is continually one of the top competitors at Yonkers Raceway, Meadowlands Racetrack, The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono and the Woodbine Entertainment Group for some of the sport’s top owners. In 2015, he became president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey. In 2008, he opened a premier horse training facility in the prime New York area with easy access to some of the best racing in North America.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
125 Stony Ford Road
Campbell Hall, NY 10916
Phone: 845-692-8111 - Home: 973-568-3253 [Email]
TERM EXPIRES: 2027 (Membership Director)