John M. Veitch was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the American Hall of Fame. Veitch is the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch and comes from a horse-training family that has been in the business for three generations. Veitch attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he played fullback for the football team.
Veitch won 410 races out of 2,340 stars from the start of his training career in 1974 to the end of 2003, earning $20,097,980 for his horses. Before going out on his own in 1974, he worked as an assistant with his father and for trainer Elliott Burch at Rokeby Stables. Veitch accepted a position as head trainer at Lucille Markey’s Calumet Farm in 1976, where he remained until late 1982.
Veitch then trained horses for Darby Dan Farm’s John W. Galbreath, as well as Brian’s Time for Galbreath’s sister and brother-in-law, Jodie and Wally Phillips. Veitch also handled training for Frances A. Genter’s stable for a time in the early 1980s.
John M. Veitch Children: Did John M. Veitch Have Kids?
John M. Veitch had no children.