Sarah A. Lundy (born August 26, 1954) is an American

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. In 1984 she became the first female trainer to ever saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. From 690 career starts, Sarah Lundy won 85 races. Among her successes, in 1990/91 she won back-to-back runnings of the Ashley T. Cole Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack in the

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area where she also won the 1991 Kingston Handicap at Belmont Park. Training during the winter in

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, she won the Sam F. Davis Stakes and the

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in 1993.''Ocala Star-Banner'' (Florida) - March 30, 1993
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