{{Short description|American racehorse trainer}}
{{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Jack Joyner |image = File:JoynerAJ.jpg |caption = |occupation = [[Horse trainer|Trainer]] / [[Ownership|Owner]] |birth_place = [[Enfield, North Carolina]],<br />United States | birth_date = {{birth date|1861|08|04}} | death_date = {{dda|1943|09|01|1861|08|04}} | death_place = [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania]],<br />United States | resting_place = [[Green-Wood Cemetery]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |career wins = Not found |race = [[Belles Stakes]] (1892, 1904, 1908)<br />[[Double Event Stakes|Double Event Stakes (part 2)]] (1892, 1906)<br />[[Flatbush Stakes]] (1892, 1898, 1904)<br />[[Foam Stakes]] (1892, 1905)<br />[[Great Eastern Handicap]] (1892, 1903, 1904)<br />[[Autumn Maiden Stakes]] (1893, 1903, 1904)<br />[[Fall Handicap]] (1894, 1904)<br />[[Daisy Stakes]] (1895)<br />[[Fashion Stakes]] (1895)<br />[[Pansy Stakes]] (1895)<br />[[Surf Stakes]] (1898)<br />[[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] (1899, 1908)<br />[[Seagate Stakes]] (1899)<br />[[Spindrift Stakes]] (1899)<br />[[Annual Champion Stakes]] (1900)<br />[[Islip Handicap]] (1900)<br />[[Metropolitan Handicap]] (1900, 1919, 1930)<br />[[Municipal Handicap]] (1900, 1908)<br />[[Reapers Stakes]] (1900)<br />[[Twin City Handicap]] (1900)<br />[[Dash Stakes]] (1902, 1905)<br />[[Belmont Futurity Stakes|Futurity Stakes]] (1903, 1923, 1930)<br />[[Brighton Derby]] (1903)<br />[[Brighton Handicap]] (1903)<br />[[Century Handicap|Century Stakes]] (1903)<br />[[Neptune Stakes]] (1903, 1904, 1905)<br />[[Occidental Handicap]] (1903)<br />[[Rancho Del Paso Stakes]] (1903)<br />[[Rosebuds Stakes]] (1903)<br />[[Saratoga Handicap]] (1903, 1904)<br />[[Travers Stakes]] (1903)<br />[[Brighton Oaks]] (1904, 1905)<br />[[Flight Stakes (United States)|Flight Stakes]] (1904, 1905, 1908)<br />[[Vernal Stakes]] (1904)<br />[[Winged Foot Handicap]] (1904)<br />[[Bay Ridge Handicap]] (1905)<br />[[Brighton Cup]] (1905)<br />[[Carter Handicap]] (1905)<br />[[Dwyer Stakes|Brooklyn Derby]] (1905)<br />[[Gazelle Stakes|Gazelle Handicap]] (1905)<br />[[Hudson Stakes]] (1905, 1930)<br />[[Mermaid Stakes]] (1905, 1908)<br />[[Sheepshead Bay Stakes]] (1905)<br />[[Withers Stakes]] (1905, 1931)<br />[[Brighton Mile]] (1906)<br />[[Eclipse Stakes (Morris Park)|Eclipse Stakes]] (1906)<br />[[Great American Stakes]] (1906, 1909)<br />[[National Stallion Stakes]] (1906)<br />[[Tremont Stakes]] (1906, 1928)<br />[[Manhattan Handicap]] (1907, 1908)<br />[[First Special Stakes]] (1908)<br />[[Sapphire Stakes (United States)|Sapphire Stakes]] (1908)<br />[[Delaware Handicap (Saratoga)|Delaware Handicap]] (1909)<br />[[Walden Stakes]] (1916, 1933)<br />[[Oakdale Handicap]] (1917)<br />[[Coaching Club American Oaks]] (1918)<br />[[Empire City Handicap]] (1919)<br />[[Excelsior Handicap]] (1922)<br />[[Sanford Stakes]] (1923, 1929)<br />[[Saratoga Special Stakes]] (1923, 1930)<br />[[Paumonok Handicap]] (1924)<br />[[Juvenile Stakes (United States)|Juvenile Stakes]] (1925)<br />[[Hopeful Stakes]] (1928, 1929)<br />[[Youthful Stakes]] (1928)<br />[[Astoria Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Flash Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Grand Union Hotel Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[United States Hotel Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Demoiselle Stakes]] (1931)<br />[[Jamaica Handicap]] (1931)<br />[[Chesapeake Stakes]] (1932)<p> '''[[American Classic Races|American Classic Race]] wins:'''<br />[[Preakness Stakes]] (1905, 1907, 1908) <br /> '''In England:'''<br />[[Ayr Gold Cup]]<br />[[Wokingham Stakes|Wokingham Handicap]]<br />[[Middle Park Stakes|Middle Park Plate]] (1910)<br />[[Queen Anne Stakes|Trial Stakes]] (1910)<br />[[Windsor Castle Stakes]] (1910)<br />Hopeful Stakes (1910)<br />Newmarket Select Stakes (1910)<br />Victoria Cup Handicap (1912)<br />[[Challenge Stakes (Great Britain)|Challenge Stakes]] (1913)</p> |awards = [[United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by wins|U.S. Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by wins]] (1908) |honors = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] (1955)<br />A. J. Joyner Handicap at [[Keeneland]] |horses = [[Borrow (horse)|Borrow]], [[Cairngorm (horse)|Cairngorm]], [[Charles Edward (horse)|Charles Edward]], [[Ethelbert (horse)|Ethelbert]], [[Fair Play (horse)|Fair Play]], [[Fitz Herbert]],<br /> [[Hamburg Belle]], [[Jamestown (horse)|Jamestown]], [[Royal Tourist]],<br /> [[St. James (horse)|St. James]], [[Waterboy (horse)|Waterboy]], [[Water Pearl]], [[Whisk Broom II]] }} '''Andrew Jackson "Jack" Joyner''' (August 4, 1861 – September 1, 1943) was an American [[Thoroughbred horse race|Thoroughbred horse racing]] [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[horse trainer|trainer]] and owner.<ref name="autoRefA">{{cite web|url=https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/andrew-jackson-joyner |title=Andrew Jackson Joyner |publisher=Racingmuseum.org |date=1955-01-01 |access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>
Known as "Jack" and reported as "A.J." and "A. Jack", Joyner was born in [[Enfield, North Carolina]], the son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner. A fan of horse racing, in 1879 the seventeen-year-old Joyner had hung a series of racing pictures on the wall in the small town [[post office]] where he was working when they were spotted by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer [[William P. Burch|William Burch]]. Joyner's enthusiasm led to Burch offering him a job with his racing stable. From there, Jack Joyner went to work for a short time as a [[jockey]]<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/07/01/101060980.pdf ''New York Times'' – July 1, 1900]</ref> before turning to the training horses. He saddled his first winner in 1884 in a career that would span fifty-nine years. From that, six years were spent in England following passage of [[New York (state)|State of New York]] [[Hart–Agnew Law|Hart–Agnew anti-betting law]] in 1908,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/06/archives/whitney-to-race-abroad-next-year-aj-joyner-will-train-combined.html ''New York Times'' – September 6, 1908 article titled "A.J. Joyner Will Train Combined Whitney and Belmont Stable in England"]</ref> the year he won more races than any trainer in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0617FB3B581B7B93C0A91782D85F478485F9 |title=A. J. Joyner Dead; Dean of Trainers |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1943-09-02 |access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
Jack Joyner's abilities led to him training for major owners such as [[James B. A. Haggin]], [[Sydney Paget]], and for [[Harry Payne Whitney]] and [[August Belmont Jr.]] whose horses he raced in England including [[Whisk Broom II]]. In addition, Joyner owned and raced a number of horses for himself both in the United States and in England.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1908/10/16/archives/whitneys-english-stable-twentythree-horses-take-ship-today-to-race.html ''New York Times'' - October 16, 1908]</ref> Jack Joyner worked in England from the time the racing season opened on March 23, 1909 <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/22/archives/racing-season-opens-today-in-england-american-invasion-not-looked.html ''New York Times'' - Mar 22, 1909]</ref> until November 1915 when he returned to the United States <ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/11/19/105047989.pdf ''New York Times'' - November 19, 1915]</ref> and began a twenty-five-year association as trainer for stable owner [[George D. Widener Jr.]]
During his career, Jack Joyner trained five Champions:<ref name="autoRefA" /> * [[Ethelbert (horse)|Ethelbert]], [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] (1899) * [[Waterboy (horse)|Waterboy]], [[American Champion Older Male Horse]] (1903) * [[Hamburg Belle]], [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] (1903) * [[St. James (horse)|St. James]], [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]] (1923) * [[Jamestown (horse)|Jamestown]], [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]] (1930)
Jack Joyner died on September 1, 1943, at age eighty-two at George Widener's [[Erdenheim Farm|Erdenheim Stud]] at [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0617FB3B581B7B93C0A91782D85F478485F9 September 2, 1943 ''New York Times'' obituary for A. J. Joyner]</ref> Following its creation, he was part of the inaugural class inducted in the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1955.
For a time, [[Keeneland|Keeneland Race Course]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], ran the A. J. Joyner Handicap, a six furlong event that notably was won by [[Whirlaway]] in 1941.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/12/archives/whirlaway-beats-blue-pair-by-nose-calumets-derby-candidate-scores.html ''New York Times'' - April 12, 1941]</ref>
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