Joseph H. Pierce Jr. (born June 24, 1927 – June 7, 2018) was an American
Thoroughbred racehorse owner and
trainer who won 2,256 races during his career.[1]
Joseph Pierce Jr. served with the
United States Navy during
World War II. The son of a horse trainer, Joseph Sr. was widely known as "Slim" and is remembered as the trainer of
Chicle II for the Palatine Stable of Frank Rosen. After the War ended, Joseph Jr. learned the business from his father and in 1956 took out his own trainers license. Since the late 1960s he had made
Monmouth Park his home base.[2]