Career
Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, Wally Dunn went to Vancouver, British Columbia at age seventeen where he would find work in Thoroughbred horse racing. In the 1930s, Wally Dunn took horses south to race at Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles, California. Dunn"s career as a trainer was interrupted by World World War II when he served overseas with the Canadian Army.
After the war, Dunn returned to train in California.
Wally Dunn had four horses compete in the Kentucky Derby and two in the Preakness Stakes. Correspondent"s 5th-place finish was his most successful Derby and in 1962 Green Hornet gave a 6th place best in the Preakness.
Wally Dunn died in 2004 at his home in Arcadia, California at the age of 93.