Rodney Jenkins

Rodney Jenkins
OccupationTrainer, former show jumper
Born (1944-07-03) July 3, 1944 (age 80)
Middleburg, Virginia, U.S.
Career wins847+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Leonard Richards Stakes (2002)
General George Handicap (2014)
Maryland Million Turf (2015, 2016)
Significant horses
Bandbox, Running Tide, Phlash Phelps
Rodney Jenkins
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Individual jumping
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Team jumping

Rodney Jenkins (born July 3, 1944) is a former show jumping rider and member of the United States Equestrian Team (USET), inducted into the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame. He rode showed hunters and jumpers competitively from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, winning a record 70 Grand Prix-level competitions.[1] After retiring from the show ring, he became a race horse trainer.[2]

  1. ^ "1999 Rodney Jenkins" (PDF). Show Jumping Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Rodney Jenkins thinks like a horse Chronicle of the Horse, retrieved Feb 21, 2011