Birthdate - Jan. 6, 1951
NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS
Easy Goer: Top 2-Year-Old Colt (1988)
Heavenly Prize: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1994)
Inside Information: Top Older Female (1995)
Personal Ensign: Top Older Female (1988)
Queena: Top Older Female (1991)
Rhythm: Top 2-Year-Old Colt (1989)
Smuggler: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2005)
Storm Flag Flying: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2002)
Vanlandingham: Top Older Horse (1985)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.
* Personal Ensign was undefeated (13 for 13) during her career from 1986-1988.
* In 2010, saddled Persistently to an upset victory over Rachel Alexandra, appropriately in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga.
* Won two Breeders’ Cup races at Belmont Park in 1995: My Flag (Juvenile Fillies) and Inside Information (Distaff).
* Had an incredible day at Belmont Park on Oct. 16, 1993, saddling the winners of races 2-6; an allowance (Regal Solar); the G3 Lawrence Realization (Strolling Along); the G1 Frizette (Heavenly Prize); the G1 Beldame (Dispute) and the G3 Kelso (Lure), and then, after finishing fifth in the G1 Champagne with Personal Escort, sent out Miner’s Mark to win the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
* Attended the University of Mississippi, but dropped out in his junior year to keep his job as a groom for trainer David Carr. Served as Carr’s assistant and then as an assistant to David Whiteley for five years.
* Took out his own license in 1979.
* Childhood friend and former fellow Cub Scout “Buzz” Tenney is his longtime assistant.
NOTABLE STAKES WINS
Adjudicating: Riva Ridge (1990); Champagne (1989); Cowdin (1989)
Classy Cathy: Gazelle (1986); Alabama (1986)
Coronado’s Quest: Travers (1998); Haskell (1998); Wood Memorial (1998); Riva Ridge (1998); Dwyer (1998); Cowdin (1997); Nashua (1997); Remsen (1997)
Dancing Forever: Manhattan (2008)
Dancing Spree: Carter (1990); Breeders’ Cup Sprint (1989); Suburban (1989); True North (1989)
Dispute: Spinster (1994); Gazelle (1993); Beldame (1993); Kentucky Oaks (1993)
Duty Dance: Diana (1986); Beaugay (1986)
Easy Goer: Suburban (1990); Jockey Club Gold Club (1989); Woodward (1989); Travers (1989); Whitney (1989); Belmont (1989); Wood Memorial (1989); Gotham (1989); Cowdin (1988); Champagne (1988)
Easy Now: Go for Wand (1992); Astarita (1991)
Fantastic Find: Hempstead (1990)
Finder’s Fee: Gallant Bloom (2001); Acorn (2000); Cicada (2000); Astoria (1999); Matron (1999)
Gold Fever: NYRA Mile (1996); Discovery (1996); Riva Ridge (1996)
Good Reward: Manhattan (2005); Hollywood Derby (2004)
Heavenly Prize: John A. Morris (1995); Go for Wand (1995); Hempstead (1995); Apple Blossom (1995); Beldame (1994); Gazelle (1994); Alabama (1994); Frizette (1993)
Inside Information: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1995); Spinster (1995); Ruffian (1995); Shuvee (1995); Acorn (1994); Ashland (1994)
Lay Down: Forego (1990); Excelsior (1990); Queens County (1988)
Lure: Bernard Baruch (1994); Caesars Int. (1994); Breeders’ Cup Mile (1992-93); Kelso (1993); Daryl’s Joy (1993); Gotham (1992)
Miner’s Mark: Jockey Club Gold Cup (1993); Jim Dandy (1993)
Mining: Vosburgh (1988); Coaltown (1988)
My Flag: Gazelle (1996); Coaching Club American Oaks (1996); Ashland (1996); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1995)
Persistently: Personal Ensign (2010)
Personal Business: John A. Morris (1990)
Personal Ensign: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1988); Beldame (1987-88); Whitney (1988); Maskette (1988); Hempstead (1988); Shuvee (1988); Rare Perfume (1987); Frizette (1986)
Personal Flag: Nassau County (1988); Suburban (1988); Queens County (1987); Widener (1987)
PineIsland: Gazelle (2006); Alabama (2006)
Pleasant Home: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (2005); Bed o’Roses (2005)
Polish Navy: Woodward (1987); Jim Dandy (1987); Champagne (1986); Cowdin (1986)
Preach: Frizette (1991)
Queena: Ruffian (1991); Maskette (1991); Ballerina (1991); Vagrancy (1991); First Flight (1990)
Rhythm: Travers (1990); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1989)
Roamin Rachel: Ballerina (1994); Ruthless (1993)
Seeking the Gold: Dwyer (1988); Super Derby (1988); Peter Pan (1988)
Smuggler: Coaching Club American Oaks (2005); Mother Goose (2005)
Storm Flag Flying: Personal Ensign (2004); Shuvee (2004); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (2002); Frizette (2002); Matron (2002)
Strolling Along: Lawrence Realization (1993); Futurity (1992)
Vanlandingham: D.C. Int’l. (1985); Jockey Club Gold Cup (1985); Suburban (1985)
VersaillesTreaty: Ruffian (1992); Gazelle (1991); Alabama (1991); Test (1991)