Mesh Tenney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1907
Place of Birth: Arizona, United States
Date of Death: 06-Nov-1993
Profession: horse trainer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Mesh Tenney
- Meshach A.
- "Mesh" Tenney (November 16, 1907 – November 6, 1993) was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. From Arizona, Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935.
- He won the Santa Anita Derby three times (1955, 1956, 1963) and was the leading money-winning trainer in the United States in 1962 and 1963. Tenney is best remembered as the trainer of Swaps, who won the 1955 Kentucky Derby and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1956.
- He also trained Candy Spots, who won the 1963 Preakness Stakes and finished 2nd in both the Derby and the Belmont Stakes. During his 40-year career, Tenney trained 36 stakes winners.
- In 1991, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Tenney died in Safford, Arizona, in 1993.
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