Jerome C. "Jerry" Meyer (July 2, 1927 – July 15, 2005) was a

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national champion trainer and

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inductee in

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. Meyer began his career in racing as a jockey but weight gain soon ended that, and at age 18 he turned to the training end of the business. In 1949 he took out his license and went on to a career that spanned seven decades, both in Canada and the United States. Based at

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, Meyer won most every important stakes the track offered at least once, including three of the Canadian Triple Crown races. Among his early successes in the United States, Meyer won the 1969 inaugural running of the Governor Nicholls Stakes for owner

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in front of a

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record crowd. Jerry Meyer died of cancer on July 15, 2005, at

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in Toronto.

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