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art sherman at the 2014 preakness stakes 2015-01-21 brooklyn , new york 1937 california haimish hy , lang field chrome , ultra blend , silent lure , art sherman2.jpg art sherman
 art sherman horse trainer
art sherman

art sherman -lrb- born 1937 -rrb- is an american horse trainer and former jockey .
at the age of 77 he became the oldest trainer to win the kentucky derby .
he began his career as a stable hand for rex ellsworth and mesh tenney .
while working in ellsworth 's barn , he was the exercise rider for the 1955 kentucky derby winner swaps and 1956 kentucky derby entrant terrang .
in 1957 , sherman became a licensed jockey , enjoying modest success , and began training horses in 1979 .
sherman had trained ten graded stakes winners and is credited with over 2,100 wins prior to becoming the trainer of california chrome .
he was hired to train california chrome in 2013 , due to his `` old school '' training techniques .
prior to the 2014 kentucky derby , he had conditioned the horse through four consecutive wins , and california chrome entered the derby as the favorite and won .
two weeks later , california chrome also won the 2014 preakness stakes .
sherman is married and has two sons , alan and steve , both in the horse training business .
