Trainer Bios

Top Trainers at Golden Gate Fields

Jerry Hollendorfer

Jerry Hollendorfer

Inducted into the National Racing Museum’s Hall of Fame on Aug. 12, 2011, in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Is the fourth winningest trainer in North American thoroughbred racing history.  Through June 29, 2011, he had 5,970 career victories.

Ranks eighth on the all-time earnings list for trainers.  Through June 29, 2011, his horses had earned $122,369,199 in purses.

Achieved a career-high in stable earnings in 2010 when his runners earned $9,307,328, a figure that ranked him fourth in the nation in money won.

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John F. Martin

John F. Martin

Has won races at a rate of 23 percent or higher each of the past eight years.  

Through the first nine months of 2010, he was winning races at a remarkable 31 percent clip.

Finished sixth in the trainer standings at the 2009-2010 Golden Gate Fields meeting and owned the best win percentage (29.5) among the top 10 trainers.  Martin scored with 29 of his 98 starters at the meeting.   

Has ranked among the top five trainers at six Golden Gate Fields meetings.

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Steve Miyadi

Steve Miyadi

Sported a winning percentage of better than 30 percent four consecutive years (32.9 in 2006, 31.5 in 2005, 37.6 in 2004, and 33.3 in 2003).

Won a career high 167 races in 2008 and tied for 12th in the nation in victories.

Finished 99th in the nation in earnings in 2008 when his runners banked $1,908,431.

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William E. Morey

William E. Morey

Born:  April 10, 1974, Redwood City.

Earned his first training championship at the 2008 Golden Gate Fields Spring Meeting when he saddled 25 winners at the 30-day session.  Morey upset perennial champ Jerry Hollendorfer, who had won 32 straight training crowns at GGF, a streak that began in 1986.

Achieved a career high in wins (153) and earnings ($2,458,628) in 2008, when he tied for 16th in the nation in races won and ranked 61st in purse money won.  

Finished 13th in the nation in victories in 2010 when he saddled 149 winners.  

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Steve Sherman

Steve Sherman

 

Earned his first training championship at a major meeting when he edged William E. Morey 22-21 in wins at the 2010 summer session at Golden Gate Fields.
 
Collected his second Golden Gate Fields training title at the 2011 summer meeting in another tight battle, topping Jerry Hollendorfer 18-17 in wins. 
 
Finished second in the trainer standings at three consecutive Golden Gate Fields meetings (2009-2010 Winter/Spring, 2009 Fall/Winter, and 2008-2009 Winter/Spring) before breaking through with his title-winning campaign at the 2010 summer stand. 
 
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