Jay C. Nehf is a thoroughbred owner and trainer. In addition to videos that document the preparation of his own horses, Jay will also be sharing his insights on the 2017 Triple Crown contenders.
In his first video for US Racing, Jay takes us inside the training of Lord Admiral, a horse he both owns and trains.
Jay C. Nehf is a Thoroughbred owner and trainer who was born in Chicago, Illinois. His first racetrack job was at Washington Park for harness trainer Duncan Price in 1969. After a few years, Jay became an assistant trainer for thoroughbred trainer Kenneth Hoffman, also in Chicago, and, in 1979, he took over the breeding management of Delray Training Center in Delray Beach, Florida for Arnold and Albert Winick.
In 1990, Jay went back to school and became a licensed radiology and MRI technologist. He raced a horse or two at Emerald Downs in the 2000s and then moved to California where he has been campaigning one horse at a time until this year, when he has three 2-year-olds and one three-year-old.