4 Owners-Trainers-Jockeys 2015 Source Book Owner-Trainer-Jockey 2015 Biographies Stakes-Winning Jockeys & Trainers 1937-2014 Del Mar Stakes Schedule – 76th Summer Season – 2015 Date Event Conditions Distance Purse Thu. Jul. 16 OCEANSIDE STAKES Three-year-olds, N/W S/S of $50,000 at 1 M o/o 1 Mile (Turf) $100,000 A in 2015 Sat. Jul. 18 Osunitas Stakes Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) $80,000 A of $50,000 at 1 M o/o in 2015 Sat. Jul. 18 EDDIE READ STAKES (Gr. I) Three-year-olds & up 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) $400,000 G Sun. Jul. 19 SAN CLEMENTE HANDICAP (Gr. II) Fillies, Three-year-olds 1 Mile (Turf) $200,000 G Wed. Jul. 22 Wickerr Stakes Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S $50,000 at 1 M 1 Mile (Turf) $80,000 A o/o since March 1 Fri. Jul. 24 COUGAR II HANDICAP (Gr. III) Three-year-olds & up 1 1/2 Miles $100,000 G Sat. Jul. 25 FLEET TREAT STAKES Fillies,Three-year-olds, Cal-Bred 7 Furlongs $200,000 G Sat. Jul. 25 SAN DIEGO HANDICAP (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up 1 1/16 Miles $200,000 G Sun. Jul. 26 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ HANDICAP Three-year-olds & up, Cal-Bred 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) $150,000 G Sun. Jul. 26 BING CROSBY STAKES (Gr. I) Three-year-olds & up 6 Furlongs $300,000 G Fri. Jul. 31 CTBA STAKES Fillies, Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred 5 1/2 Furlongs $100,000 G Sat. Aug. 1 CLEMENT L. HIRSCH STAKES (Gr. I) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up 1 1/16 Miles $300,000 G Sun. Aug. 2 REAL GOOD DEAL STAKES Three-year-olds, Cal-Bred 7 Furlongs $200,000 G Wed. Aug. 5 GRADUATION STAKES Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred 5 1/2 Furlongs $100,000 G Fri. Aug. 7 Daisycutter Handicap Fillies & Mares,Three-year-olds & up 5 Furlongs (Turf) $80,000 A Sat. Aug. 8 JOHN C. MABEE STAKES (Gr. II) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) $250,000 G Sat. Aug. 8 BEST PAL STAKES (Gr. II) Two-year-olds 6 1/2 Furlongs $200,000 G Sun. Aug. 9 LA JOLLA HANDICAP (Gr. III) Three-year-olds 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) $150,000 G Wed. Aug. 12 SORRENTO STAKES (Gr. II) Fillies, Two-year-olds 6 1/2 Furlongs $200,000 G Fri. Aug. 14 Sandy Blue Handicap Fillies, Three-year-olds 1 Mile (Turf) $80,000 A Sat. Aug. 15 DEL MAR OAKS (Gr. I) Fillies, Three-year-olds 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) $300,000 G Sun. Aug. 16 RANCHO BERNARDO HANDICAP (Gr. III) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up 6 1/2 Furlongs $100,000 G Sun. Aug. 16 SOLANA BEACH HANDICAP Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, Cal Bred 1 Mile (Turf) $150,000 G Wed. Aug. 19 Green Flash Handicap Three-year-olds & up 5 Furlongs (Turf) $80,000 A Fri. Aug. 21 CTT and TOC Handicap Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up 1 3/8 Miles (Turf) $80,000 A Sat. Aug. 22 PAT O’BRIEN STAKES (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up 7 Furlongs $250,000 G Sat. Aug. 22 DEL MAR HANDICAP (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up 1 3/8 Miles (Turf) $250,000 G Sat. Aug. 22 TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC (Gr. I) Three-year-olds & up 1 1/4 Miles $1,000,000 G Sun. Aug. 23 DEL MAR MILE (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up 1 Mile (Turf) $200,000 G Wed. Aug. 26 Harry F. Brubaker Stakes Three-year-olds & up 1 Mile $80,000 A Fri. Aug. 28 GENEROUS PORTION STAKES Fillies, Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred 6 Furlongs $150,000 G Sat. Aug. 29 EL CAJON STAKES Three-year-olds 1 Mile $100,000 G Sun. Aug. 30 TORREY PINES STAKES (Gr. III) Fillies, Three-year-olds 1 Mile $100,000 G Wed. Sep. 2 Tranquility Lake Stakes Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S 1 Mile $80,000 A $50,000 at 1 M o/o since February 1 Fri. Sep. 4 I’M SMOKIN STAKES Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred 6 Furlongs $150,000 G Sat. Sep. 5 DEL MAR DEBUTANTE (Gr. I) Fillies, Two-year-olds 7 Furlongs $300,000 G Sat. Sep. 5 DEL MAR JUVENILE TURF Two-year-olds 1 Mile (Turf) $100,000 G Sun. Sep. 6 YELLOW RIBBON HANDICAP (Gr. II) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) $200,000 G Sun. Sep. 6 DEL MAR DERBY (Gr. II) Three-year-olds 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) $250,000 G Sun. Sep. 6 C.E.R.F. Stakes Fillies& Mares, Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S 6 Furlongs $80,000 A $50,000 since March 1 Mon. Sep. 7 Pirate’s Bounty Stakes Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S $50,000 since 6 Furlongs $80,000 A March 1 Mon. Sep. 7 DEL MAR JUVENILE FILLIES TURF Fillies, Two-year-olds 1 Mile (Turf) $100,000 G Mon. Sep. 7 DEL MAR FUTURITY (Gr. I) Two-year-olds 7 Furlongs $300,000 G Note: CAPS indicate advertised stakes; others are overnight stakes. Advertised Stakes $7,150,000 Indicates Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” series race. Overnight Stakes $ 800,000 A: Added Money • G: Guaranteed Money Total $7,950,000 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 2015 Trainer Eddie Truman (center) shares a victory handshake with rider Kent Desormeaux following Go West Marie’s tally in the 2014 Fleet Treat Stakes. Flanking Truman are his wife Elizabeth and the late owner/breeder Buddy Johnston. Owners . 2. Trainers . 18. Jockeys . .43 u Del Mar thanks Equibase and Daily Racing Form for their statistical aid in compiling this publication. On the cover: (Top) Owner Jim Rome (left), jockey Mike Smith and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer – the Shared Belief connections – in the paddock prior to his victory in the 2014 TVG Pacific Classic. (Bottom) Jockey Brice Blanc and conditioner Ron McAnally share a winning moment following Miss Serendipity’s victory in the 2014 Yellow Ribbon Handicap. Cover and Owner/Trainer/Jockey Photos by Benoit & Associates Owner Profiles • Del Mar 2015 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Owner Profiles — 2015 O W N her husband on the recommendation of trainer Barry Abrams for E John and Jerry Amerman $80,000 in 1996 at Hollywood Park. Two years later he was retired R Born: (John) January 28, 1932 to stud. S Newark, New Jersey • Initial success as a sire of winners mushroomed into a solid flow of (Jerry) September 11, 1937 versatile runners that do well on all surfaces. Gadsden, Alabama • Unusual Heat, a son of Nureyev, reigned as California champion Reside: Palos Verdes Estates, stallion for six straight years (2008 - 2013). Set a California California earnings record for progeny in 2008 at $5,827,513 and followed that with more than $5 million the next year. Progeny earnings have Silks: Royal blue, blue A on white been in excess of $4 million each year since. ball on back, white bars on • Has sired 42 stakes winners, including Eclipse Award winner sleeves, blue cap Acclamation, as well as 14 California champions. • Auerbach is in partnership on Unusual Heat and virtually all of her • Got into racing through partnerships in Team Valor, but opened racing and breeding stock with trainer Abrams. their stable in 1996. First stakes winner was Valor Lady. • Auerbach’s family moved from England in 1948, starting in • Earned first Breeders’ Cup championship win in 2003 as Adoration Philadelphia before moving on to Texas and Ohio. She attended the cruised to a front-running victory in the Distaff, paying $83.40 to University of Michigan before heading to Los Angeles at age 19. win. • She met her husband-to-be at a custom shirt store in Beverly Hills • She returned in 2004 to win Santa Anita’s Santa Margarita when she took her mother there to see about a job. Five months later Invitational Handicap, Churchill Downs’ Fleur de Lis Handicap and the two were married. the Arlington Matron Handicap at Arlington Park. Retired that year • The Auerbachs started a wholesale furniture manufacturing with career earnings of more than $2 million. business that was sold in 2004. • Along with Adoration, Amermans were represented by millionaires • At first reluctant, she grew to love the racing game and plunged into and multiple stakes winners Happyanunoit, a New Zealand-bred it fully after selling the furniture business. Son Harris is involved, mare, Chilean champion Lido Palace and Balance, a half-sister to too. champion mare Zenyatta . In 2010 they sold her first foal (a colt by • Madeline serves as a commissioner of the California Horse Racing super sire A.P. Indy) for a Keeneland September Sales topping $4.2 Board, appointed in January 2014 by Gov. Jerry Brown. million. • Elected as a member of The Jockey Club in 2011. • John is retired; formerly was chief executive officer of Mattel Toys. • As a former member of the Thoroughbred Owners of California • Member of the California Horse Racing Board from 2006 to 2008. and with TOC backing in 2008, she helped found the California • Amermans have been generous to good causes in racing, notably Retirement Management Account which steers purse money to the California Equine Retirement Foundation (CERF). He serves horse rescue organizations in California. on the board of directors of Tranquility Farm and previously was on • Auerbach is also a driving force behind the Thoroughbred Aftercare the board of the Winner’s Foundation.