Longtime horseman Ralph Kinder, owner of Alliance Bloodstock, passed away last week at his home in Paris, Kentucky. He was 67.
“Sad to share my beloved dad tragically passed Thursday morning from a heart attack while on the farm in Kentucky,” Kinder's son Baron reported in a Facebook post. “I am mostly still at a loss for words, but ask for you all to pray with me that he makes himself home in spirit with all of our loved ones who've gone before us. I'm sure they're having a big celebration welcoming him into the fold.”
A native of Chattanooga, Oklahoma and from a long line of racehorse breeders, Kinder was involved with over 160 stakes winners, including 2009 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. Kinder helped Mark Allen with the purchase of the future Derby winner as a 2-year-old in 2008.
A longtime partner with the late country music manager Erv Woolsey, Kinder campaigned graded winners Jordan's Henny and Lookin for Eight. Kinder and Woolsey were co-breeders of 2017 GII Best Pal Stakes winner Run Away, as well as multiple graded stakes winner Miss Mo Mentum and stakes winner Just Read It.
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