horse racing, based at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Courses in Maryland. In 1989, he became the first African-American trainer in seventy-eight years to saddle a horse in the Kentucky Derby when Northern Wolf ran sixth to winner Sunday Silence. In June 1990, he conditioned Northern Wolf when the horse set a new Laurel Park track record of 1:08 4/5 for six furlongs while winning the Duck Dance Handicap. Two months later Northern Wolf set a new Pimlico track record of 1:09 flat for the same six furlong distance in winning the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes. Allen remains in baseball as a scout, currently serving the Houston Astros at the professional level and based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. References External links , or Baseball Almanac, or Retrosheet 1940 births Living people African-American baseball players American horse trainers American racehorse owners and breeders Baseball players from Pennsylvania Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Chattanooga Lookouts players Chicago White Sox players Des Moines Demons players Elmira Pioneers players Hawaii Islanders players Houston Astros scouts Magic Valley Cowboys players Major League Baseball outfielders Miami Marlins (FSL) players Milwaukee Brewers players Milwaukee Brewers scouts People from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Richmond Braves players Rochester Red Wings players Washington Senators (1961–1971) players York White Roses players 21st-century African-American people Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets baseball players 20th-century African-American sportspeople