 lucien laurin (march 18, 1912 in joliette, quebec, canada â june 26, 2000 at key largo, florida) was a french-canadian jockey and hall of fame thoroughbred horse trainer. ==life and career== laurin's career in thoroughbred horse racing began in 1929 as a jockey at blue bonnets raceway in montreal, quebec. battling weight problems, after riding 161 race winners, in 1942 he began working as a trainer in new england, a job that would span 45 years and take him to the pinnacle of horse racing success. while working for two different stables, he enjoyed a long and successful association with owner reginald n. webster. for webster, laurin trained a number of winners including quill, the 1958 american champion two-year-old filly, and amberoid, who won the 1966 wood memorial stakes and gave laurin his first of six american classics, the belmont stakes.palm beach post - may 6, 1972 his son, [[roger laur
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