Better Lucky: First Lady (2013); Matri- 243 24 36 38 $2,858,522 arch (2012); Sands Point (2012) Brilliant Speed: Saranac (2011); Blue NATIONAL/ECLIPSE Grass (2011) CHAMPIONS Buffum: Bold Ruler (2012) Curlin: Horse of the Year (2007-08), Top Criticism: Long Island (2008-09); Older Male (2008), Top 3-Year-Old Male Sheepshead Bay (2009) (2007) THOMAS ALBERTRANI Empire Dreams: Empire Classic Gun Runner: Horse of the Year (2017), (2015); Commentator (2015); NYSS Top Older Dirt Male (2017) Birthdate - March 21, 1958 Great White Way (2013) Kodiak Kowboy: Top Male Sprinter (2009) Birthplace - Brooklyn, NY Flashing: Nassau County (2009) My Miss Aurelia: Top 2-Year-Old Filly Residence - Garden City, NY Giant Run: Manila (2016) (2011) TRAINERS Family - Wife Fonda, daughters Teal and Gozzip Girl: American Oaks (2009); Rachel Alexandra: Horse of the Year Noelle Sands Point (2009) (2009), Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2009) Hemsworth: Nashua (2016) Untapable: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2014) 2017 RECORD Libreta: NYSS Park Avenue (2016) 256 20 23 37 $2,279,519 Love Cove: Ticonderoga (2008) NEW YORK TRAINING TITLES 2017 NYRA RECORD Miss Frost: Riskaverse (2014) * 2010 Aqueduct spring, 12 victories 166 8 14 28 $1,535,801 Oratory: Peter Pan (2005) Raw Silk: Sands Point (2008) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPION Ready for Rye: Quick Call (2015); Al- * Inducted into the Thoroughbred Racing Bernardini: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2006) lied Forces (2015) Hall of Fame in 2016 Romansh: Excelsior H. (2014); Discov- * Trained eventual Horse of the Year CAREER HIGHLIGHTS ery H. (2013); Curlin (2013) Gun Runner through five straight Grade 1 * Trained Bernardini, who won the Preak- Sadler’s Joy: Manhattan (2017); Sword victories in 2017-18, including the Whitney, ness, Jim Dandy, Travers, and Jockey Club Dancer (2017) Breeders’ Cup Classic, and the Pegasus Gold Cup en route to Champion 3-Year- Saga Moon: Busanda (2007) World Cup Old Male honors Salic Law: Awad (2005) * Campaigned 3-Year-Old Filly Champion * Won the 2013 Grade 2 Pan American Sauvage: Sheepshead Bay (2005) Untapable in 2014, which included four Handicap with Twilight Eclipse, who set Silvestris: Ruthless (2006) Grade 1 wins: the Kentucky Oaks, the a world record for 1 ½ miles on the turf Smooth Daddy: Fort Marcy (2017) Mother Goose, the Cotillion and the Breed- (2:22.63) Snowbell: Comely (2014) ers’ Cup Distaff Songster: Woody Stephens (2006) * In 2013, passed Jack Van Berg and King ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Souper Speedy: Jaipur (2013) Leatherbury to become the second-leading * After riding as an apprentice, began Stage Luck: Affectionately (2008) trainer by wins in North American racing galloping horses for Hall of Fame trainer Toasting: Sky Beauty (2014) history Bill Mott at age 22 and became Mott’s as- Twilight Eclipse: Man o’ War (2015) * Leading trainer by wins in 2002, 2004-05, sistant in 1986 Woodlander: Lexington (2005) 2007-11, and 2013 * Hired in 1995 as an assistant to trainer Zada Belle: Interborough (2009) * Won four races, including the Frizette Saeed bin Suroor for Godolphin in the Zo Impressive: Mother Goose (2012) with eventual Champion 2-Year-Old Filly UAE My Miss Aurelia, on Oct. 8, 2011 at Bel- * Returned to the United States as a mont Park trainer for Darley Stable in 2003 * Was the 2008 and 2009 Eclipse Award winner as Outstanding Trainer INTRODUCTION TO RACING * Leading trainer in money won in 2008 and * Began as a hotwalker at 13 for his uncle, 2009 trainer Jack Abatemarco, at Belmont Park * Trained the Horse of the Year for the STEVE ASMUSSEN third straight year in 2009, saddling 3-year- FIRST WINNER old filly Rachel Alexandra to victories in * Ashraaf, June 18, 2003, Belmont Park Birthdate - Nov. 18, 1965 the Preakness, Mother Goose, Haskell, and Birthplace - Gettysburg, SD Woodward NEW YORK & GRADE 1 STAKES Residence - Arlington, TX * In 2008, trained Curlin to victories in the Balletto: Frizette (2004) Family - Wife Julie, sons Keith James, Dubai World Cup, Stephen Foster, Wood- Barrier Reef: Stymie (2009); Evening At- Darren Scott and Eric Mark ward, and Jockey Club Gold Cup en route tire (2009); Whirlaway (2008) to a second straight Horse of the Year title Bernardini: Jockey Club Gold Cup 2017 RECORD * In 2007, trained Curlin to victories in (2006); Travers (2006); Jim Dandy (2006); 1,909 379 327 267 $19,631,424 Preakness (2006); Withers (2006) 2017 NYRA RECORD 2018 Media Guide NYRA.com 45 the Preakness, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Shore (2008) 2017 RECORD * Won the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Coil: Santa Anita Sprint Championship Internally Flawless: Del Mar Oaks and Breeders’ Cup Classic on the way to Justin Phillip: Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. 313 83 57 38 $21,112,912 Stakes, Haskell and Travers with Point (2012); Haskell Inv. (2011) (2009) HOTY honors (2013); Woody Stephens (2011) 2017 NYRA RECORD Given in 2001 Collected: Pacific Classic (2017) Joe Who: Eddie Read H. (1999) Just Wicked: Adirondack (2015) 14 4 2 1 $1,881,873 * Thirty Slews, the first thoroughbred Composure: Santa Anita Oaks (2003); Klimt: Del Mar Futurity (2016) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Kantharos: Saratoga Special (2010) yearling he purchased at auction, became LasVirgenes (2003) Liaison: CashCall Futurity (2011) * Parents Keith and Marilyn run the El Kensei: Jim Dandy (2009); Dwyer (2009) NATIONAL/ECLIPSE his first Breeders’ Cup starter and winner Congaree: Cigar Mile (2002-2003); Hol- Lookin At Lucky: Haskell (2010); Preak- Primero Training Center in Laredo, TX; Kodiak Kowboy: Cigar Mile (2009); Vos- CHAMPIONS (1992 Sprint) lywood Gold Cup (2003); Carter (2003); ness (2010); CashCall Futurity (2009); brother Cash won the 1979 Eclipse as Top burgh (2009); Saratoga Special (2007) Abel Tasman: Top 3-Year-Old Filly Swaps (2001); Wood Memorial (2001) Norfolk (2009); Del Mar Futurity (2009) Apprentice Lady Tak: Gallant Bloom (2004); Bal- (2017) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contested: Test (2012); Acorn (2012) Lord Nelson: Santa Anita Sprint Champi- * Assistant Toby Sheets oversees Asmus- lerina (2004); Test (2003) American Pharoah: Horse of the Year * Switched completely from training quar- Cry and Catch Me: Oak Leaf (2007) onship (2016); Bing Crosby (2016); Triple sen’s string at Belmont Park Majesticperfection: A. G. Vanderbilt (2015); Top 3-Year-Old male (2015); Top ter horses to thoroughbreds in 1991 Cupid: Gold Cup at Santa Anita (2017) Bend (2016) TRAINERS (2010) 2-Year-Old Male (2014) * Co-wrote his autobiography “Dirt Road Declassify: Triple Bend (2014) McKinzie: Los Alamitos Futurity (2017) TRAINERS INTRODUCTION TO RACING Megascape: Ruthless (2005); Valley Arrogate: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2016) to the Derby” in 1999 Dortmund: Santa Anita Derby (2015); Midnight Interlude: Santa Anita Derby * Rode professionally for three years be- Stream (2004); Joseph A. Gimma (2004) Chilukki: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1999) LosAlamitos Futurity (2014) (2011) fore retiring due to his size; began training My Miss Aurelia: Cotillion (2012); Drefong: Top Male Sprinter (2016) INTRODUCTION TO RACING Downthedustyroad: La Brea (2006) Midnight Lucky: Humana Distaff in 1986 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (2011); Fri- Indian Blessing: Top Female * Grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona; Dream Tree: Starlet (2017) (2014); Acorn (2013) zette (2011); Adirondack (2011) Sprinter (2008); Top 2-Year-Old Filly parents Bill and Ellie Baffert purchased Drefong: Forego (2017); Breeders’ Cup Midnight Lute: BC Sprint (2007-08); NEW YORK & GRADE 1 STAKES Nickname: Frizette (2015) (2007) Lookin at Lucky: Top 3-Year-Old the ranch in 1952, four months before Sprint (2016); King’s Bishop (2016) Forego (2007) Bauhauser: Floral Park (2003) No Reason: NYSS Cupecoy’s Joy (2006) Male (2010); Top 2-Year-Old Male (2009) Bob was born Drill: Del Mar Futurity (2011) Midshipman: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Brazen Persuasion: Schuylerville (2013) One Way Flight: NYSS Spectacular Bid Midnight Lute: Top Male Sprinter (2007) * Beginning at age 12, groomed and gal- During: Discovery (2003); Jerome (2003) (2008); Del Mar Futurity (2008) Bwana Charlie: Amsterdam (2004) (2006) Point Given: Horse of the Year (2001); loped quarter horses owned by his father; Eden’s Moon: Las Virgenes (2012) Misremembered: Santa Anita H. (2010) Chief ’s Lake: Mike Lee (2007) Posse: Riva Ridge (2003) Top3-Year-Old Male (2001) began training for him in 1971 while El Brujo: Pat O’Brien (2010) More Happy: Adirondack (2007) Cluster of Stars: Iroquois (2013); Gallant Private Emblem: Albany (2002) Real Quiet: Top 3-Year-Old Colt (1998) attending the University of Arizona’s Race El Corredor: Cigar Mile (2000) Mor Spirit: : Metropolitan Handicap Bloom H. (2013); Distaff H. (2013); Private Vow: Futurity (2005) Silverbulletday: Top 3-Year-Old Filly Track Industry Program Euroears: Bing Crosby (2011) (2017); Los Alamitos Futurity (2015) Correction (2013) R Clear Victory: Sands Point (2008) (1999); Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1998) Excellent Meeting: Santa Anita Oaks Mubtaahij: Awesome Again (2017) Constellation: Ruthless (2016); Furlough Regally Ready: Nearctic (2011) Silver Charm: Top 3-Year-Old Male FIRST WINNER (1999); Las Virgenes (1999); Hollywood Multiplication: Mike Lee (2004) (2015) Rachel Alexandra: Woodward (2009); (1997) * Flipper Star, Jan. 28, 1979, Rillito Park Starlet (1998); Oak Leaf (1998) New Year’s Day: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Copper Bullet: Saratoga Special (2017) Haskell (2009); Mother Goose (2009); Vindication: Top 2-Year-Old Male (2002) Executiveprivilege: Chandelier (2012); (2013) Creator: Belmont Stakes (2016); Arkansas Preakness (2009) War Emblem: Top 3-Year-Old Male NEW YORK & GRADE 1 STAKES Del Mar Debutante (2012) Notable Career: Oak Leaf (2000) Derby (2016) Santana Strings: Amsterdam (2005) (2002) A Z Warrior: Frizette (2010) E Z’s Gentleman: Triple Bend (2010) Noted and Quoted: Chandelier (2016) Curlin: Jockey Club Gold Cup (2007-08); Simple Surprise: Bolton Landing (2015) West Coast: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2017) Abel Tasman: Kentucky Oaks (2017); Fast Bullet: True North H. (2013) Officer: Champagne (2001) Woodward (2008); Stephen Foster (2008); Street Story: Honorable Miss (2015); Vic- Acorn (2017); Coaching Club American Favorite Funtime: Santa Maria (2002) Paynter: Haskell Inv.