Career
He began his professional training career in the mid-1930s and by 1940 had his first Kentucky Derby runner. Foreign several years, he trained for Harry Guggenheim"s Cain Hoy Stable. After their partnership ended in November 1952.
Jolley would soon join Bulletin Hancock"s renowned Claiborne Farm where he conditioned the great Round Table before the colt was sold.
Six horses trained by Moody Jolley ran in the American Classics with his best result a sixth in the 1951 Kentucky Derby, a third in the 1959 Preakness Stakes and a third in the 1951 Belmont Stakes. Moody Jolley was living in Hialeah, Florida at the time of his death in 1976.
As well, in an illustrious career Leroy Jolley trained for other prominent owners and was inducted in the United States. Racing Hall of Fame in 1987.
