Victor J. Nickerson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Victor J. Nickerson

American horse trainer

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-2004

Profession: horse trainer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Victor J. Nickerson

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  • "Lefty" Nickerson (December 25, 1928 – March 26, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
  • He embarked on a career as a professional trainer in 1953, working primarily at racetracks in the Northeastern United States.
  • Late in his career he trained from a base at Santa Anita Park in California. During his career, Lefty Nickerson conditioned Thoroughbreds for owners such as Harbor View Farm, Maxwell Henry Gluck of Elmendorf Farm, Pam & Martin Wygod, and Sam and Dorothy Rubin of Dotsam Stable.
  • [1] For the Rubins, Nickerson trained the great John Henry in 1979–1981, notably winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Sword Dancer Handicap and Brighton Beach Handicap.
  • A mentor to future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Ron McAnally, when the Rubins decided to send the gelding to race in California, Nickerson recommended Ron McAnally.
  • However, on John Henry's trips back to New York to race, Nickerson would be the trainer of record. Of Lefty Nickerson, Ron McAnally said: "Lefty could say one sentence and answer all the things I wondered about all my life.
  • I didn't even have to ask.
  • He just knew what to say all the time.
  • I wanted to learn so badly, and he's such an intelligent guy, and not only as a horseman.
  • I'd never been around anyone like him.
  • He knew so much." Nickerson suffered a stroke in 1997 and retired from racing.
  • He died in his sleep at his home in Smithtown, New York.

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