Eugene Jacobs

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{{short description|American horse trainer (b. 1912, d. 1999)}}

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{{Infobox horseracing personality

| name = Gene Jacobs

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| occupation = Trainer, Owner

| birth_place = New York City, USA

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|11|09}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|05|20|1912|11|09}}

| death_place = Kew Gardens, New York, USA

| resting_place =

| career wins =

| race = Lamplighter Stakes (1949)
Shevlin Stakes (1949)
Fleetwing Handicap (1950)
Interborough Handicap (1950)
Select Handicap (1950)
Bay Shore Handicap (1951)
Long Branch Handicap (1951)
Queens County Handicap (1951)
Champlain Handicap (1954)
Bougainvillea Handicap (1957)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1958)
Salvator Mile Handicap (1960)
Bay Shore Stakes (1964, 1972)
Youthful Stakes (1965)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1966, 1980, 1982)
Donn Handicap (1968)
Seminole Handicap (1968)
Garden State Stakes (1969)
Governor Stakes (1970)
Paumonok Handicap (1971)
Prince Georges Stakes (1972)
Swift Stakes (1972)
American Derby (1974)
Florida Derby (1977)
Fountain of Youth Stakes (1977)
Champagne Stakes (1979)
New York Stakes (1979)
True North Stakes (1981)
Iroquois Handicap (1982)
Juvenile Stakes (1982)
Hutcheson Stakes (1987)

| awards =

| honors =

| horses = Colonel Mike, Explodent, Favorable Turn, Sheilas Reward, Victorious

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Eugene Jacobs (November 9, 1912 – May 20, 1999) was an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses who conditioned Sheilas Reward to back-to-back American Champion Sprint Horse national honors in 1950 and 1951.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/1baa05ab1d5888af15dc5850d2145941 |title=Horse Trainer Gene Jacobs Dies |publisher=Associated Press archives |date=1999-05-21 |access-date=2020-03-16}} He was a brother to trainer Sidney Jacobs and to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/27/sports/a-colt-named-victorious-is-one-to-watch.html |title=A Colt Named Victorious Is One To Watch |publisher=New York Times, Section B, page 217 |date=1982-05-27 |access-date=2020-03-16}}