Donnie K. Von Hemel (born September 10, 1961, in Manter, Kansas) is a trainer of

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racehorses. The son of trainer

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and brother to trainer Kelly Von Hemel, he obtained a degree in accounting from

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but in 1984 chose a training career. An Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, in 2011 Von Hemel won the richest race of his career when Caleb's Posse captured the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile hosted that year by Churchill Downs.

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Living people 1961 births Fort Hays State University alumni American horse trainers People from Stanton County, Kansas {{US-horseracing-bio-stub