Tom Bohannan | |
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Occupation | Trainer |
Born | c. 1955 Mobile, Alabama, United States |
Career wins | 229 |
Major racing wins | |
Diana Handicap (1990) Preakness Stakes (1992, 1993) |
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Significant horses | |
Pine Bluff, Prairie Bayou |
Diana Handicap (1990)
Peter Pan Stakes (1991)
Dwyer Stakes (1991)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (1991)
Nashua Stakes (1991, 1992)
Arkansas Derby (1992)
Honeybee Stakes (1992, 1993)
Jim Beam Stakes (1993)
Blue Grass Stakes (1993)
Fantasy Stakes (1993)
Thomas K. Bohannan (born c.1955 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and as a young man became a hotwalker, groom, and racing stable foreman. In 1989 he became the private trainer for the successful Loblolly Stable of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas.
With Loblolly, Tom Bohannan had two horses successfully compete in the U.S. Triple Crown series. In 1992, Pine Bluff finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby, won the Preakness Stakes and was third in the Belmont. The following year Prairie Bayou finished second in the Derby, then gave Tom Bohannan his second consecutive victory in the Preakness. Fatally injured in the Belmont, Prairie Bayou was posthumously voted 1993's U.S. Champion 3-Year-old Colt.