Jim King Jr.

Lyons Legend winning at The Meadows

Lyons Legend Looks To Stay Perfect In PASS

August 23, 2023

To say that Lyons Legend has been a dominant force in Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) for three-year-old filly pacers would be an understatement. She’s won all three legs contested thus far and no ri...

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Jim King Jr., Welcome To The Adios

Jim King Jr. has trained such champions as 2019 U.S. Horse of the Year Shartin and multiple Dan Patch and O'Brien Award winner Lyons Sentinel. He guided Captain Cowgirl to consecutive Pennsylvania Sir...

King Hopes Surf’s Up In N.A. Cup

The King Stable knows the thrill of winning the Pepsi North America Cup, having captured the 2015 edition of the million-dollar race for three-year-old pacers with Wakizashi Hanover in an upset over W...

Muscle Dynasty

Muscle Dynasty Dominates Dover Open Trot

February 21, 2023

Muscle Dynasty won the $25,000 Open Trot at Bally's Dover on Tuesday evening (Feb. 21), recording a new lifetime mark in 1:53.2.

King Aims For Clara Barton Grand Slam

The $100,000 Clara Barton Mares Open Pace is the co-featured race to the $250,000 Spirit Of Massachusetts Trot that will be held at Plainridge Park on Monday (July 25). But make no mistake, this race ...

Lyons Sentinel winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Lyons Sentinel To Debut In Betsy Ross

After putting together an O'Brien and Dan Patch Award-winning season in 2021, female pacer Lyons Sentinel is ready to launch her five-year-old campaign Sunday (May 29) by meeting seven rivals in the $...

King Hopes ‘Lyons’ Continue To Roar

September 30, 2021

In 2019, trainer Jim King Jr. saw his pacing mare Shartin N spend every week ranked No. 1 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll on her way to being named the Dan Patch Award’s Horse of the Y...

'Cowgirl' Hopes To Wrangle Wide Open Division

August 19, 2021

Friday’s $161,744 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows for freshman filly pacers is the final preliminary leg, yet none of the youngsters has seized control of the division.

Lyons Sentinel Following Fast Footsteps

The third edition of the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace will be contested at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 25) as the co-feature to the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot. The stake has had o...

King Jr. Scores Hat Trick At Harrington

September 01, 2020

The high-powered Jim King Jr. stable demonstrated its prowess Tuesday (Sept. 1) with three wins on the Harrington Raceway card.

King's Queens Raring To Go

With the resumption of racing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States yet to be realized, Delaware-based trainer Jim King Jr. has been forced to maintain a holding pattern a little longer than...

Shartin N Sweeps To Victory

Shartin N ($2.60) wasted absolutely no time finding her way back to the winner's enclosure, sweeping from last to first for a 1:50 score in a $50,000 Mares Invitational Pace on Wednesday night (March ...

Bettor Trix N Reaches At Dover

January 15, 2020

Bettor Trix N rode the pocket to victory in Wednesday night's (Jan. 15) featured race at Dover Downs, a $16,000 winners-over distaff pace.