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Zeewat Shows Promise in California Derby

Zeewat Shows Promise in California Derby

Odds-on Zeewat overcame a less than ideal trip to claim the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 12 at Golden Gate Fields for his second straight stakes score around two turns.

 Saturday, January 12, 2013
Lady of Fifty Shows Her Ability in Bayakoa

Lady of Fifty Shows Her Ability in Bayakoa

Lady of Fifty charged down the outside to sweep past the leaders in the stretch, registering her first graded stakes win in the $200,000 Bayakoa Handicap (gr. II) Dec. 8 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

 Saturday, December 08, 2012

GII Victor Trickey Trevor Sires First Winner

Trickey Trevor, a grade II winner at Churchill Downs, sired his first winner when his 2-year-old daughter Finding More won at Woodbine Sept. 8.

 Sunday, September 09, 2012
Cal Oaks All Hollendorfer; Lady of Fifty Wins

Cal Oaks All Hollendorfer; Lady of Fifty Wins

Favored Lady of Fifty earned her third straight stakes victory at Golden Gate Fields when she once again led all the way to capture the $100,260 California Oaks Jan. 21.

 Saturday, January 21, 2012
Breeders' Cup Winner Dakota Phone Retired

Breeders' Cup Winner Dakota Phone Retired

Dakota Phone, winner of the 2010 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) at Churchill Downs, has been retired from racing and sent to Jenny Craig's Rancho Paseana Training Center near Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

 Thursday, July 07, 2011
Dakota Phone Dials Up BC Dirt Mile Shocker

Dakota Phone Dials Up BC Dirt Mile Shocker

Longshot Dakota Phone runs down Morning Line to win the $909,000 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) by a nose. The winner is a gelded son of Zavata out of World of Gold, by Spinning World.

 Saturday, November 06, 2010
Dakota Phone Answers the Call in San Diego

Dakota Phone Answers the Call in San Diego

Dakota Phone, last heading into the final turn, took the overland route to a neck victory in the $200,000 San Diego Handicap (gr. II) at Del Mar July 31, snapping a 16-race losing streak.

 Saturday, July 31, 2010

Dream Nettie Captures La Puente in Suprise

Dream Nettie, making his stakes debut for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, scored a 9-1 upset in winning the $100,000 La Puente Stakes on the Santa Anita turf April 10.

 Saturday, April 10, 2010
Mosses Named Top California Owner in 2009

Mosses Named Top California Owner in 2009

Jerry and Ann Moss were named Owners of the Year for the second straight year in 2009 and their mare Zenyatta Horse of the Year by the Thoroughbred Owners of California.

 Saturday, February 27, 2010
Rendezvous Connects With Del Mar Derby Zinger

Rendezvous Connects With Del Mar Derby Zinger

Rendezvous, a 22-1 outsider, tagged favorite Battle of Hastings at the wire to win the $350,000 Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) by a nose at the seaside track Sept. 6.

 Sunday, September 06, 2009
Hystericalady Among Keeneland Prospects

Hystericalady Among Keeneland Prospects

Hystericalady, a grade I winner and an earner of $2,390,556, is scheduled to be offered (as Hip No. 53) on the opening day of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 3. She comes into the auction after a fifth-place finish in the Oct. 24 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I), which was won by the undefeated Zenyatta.

 Thursday, October 30, 2008
Hystericalady Rolls to Molly Pitcher Win

Hystericalady Rolls to Molly Pitcher Win

In what amounted to a little more than a workout, Hystericalady defended her title in the $300,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (gr. II) with ease Aug. 24, romping to an eight-length victory on the Monmouth Park dirt at odds of 1-9.

 Sunday, August 24, 2008
Hollendorfer Nabs 'Meadows Last Dance

Hollendorfer Nabs 'Meadows Last Dance

Bay Meadows wrapped up 74 years of racing with the $63,450 Last Dance Stakes Aug. 17 and fittingly, it was trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, winner of 37 consecutive training titles at the San Mateo track, who had the honor of winning the final race with a filly named You Lift Me Up.

 Monday, August 18, 2008
Hystericalady Not Joking With Azeri Romp

Hystericalady Not Joking With Azeri Romp

Back on a fast dirt track for the first time since last summer, the grade I winner Hystericalady left her rivals in the Oaklawn Park dust while winning the $171,500 Azeri Breeders' Cup (gr. III) on March 9.

 Sunday, March 09, 2008

Laura Looks Like Million in GGF Win

Grade II winner Somethinaboutlaura became racing's newest millionaire with a steady victory in the $75,000 Pacific Heights Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 1.

 Saturday, December 01, 2007

Laura Looks Like Million in GGF Win

Grade II winner Somethinaboutlaura became racing's newest millionaire with a steady victory in the $75,000 Pacific Heights Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 1.

 Saturday, December 01, 2007

Laura Looks Like Million in GGF Win

Grade II winner Somethinaboutlaura became racing's newest millionaire with a steady victory in the $75,000 Pacific Heights Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 1.

 Saturday, December 01, 2007
Molly Pitcher a Laugher for Hystericalady

Molly Pitcher a Laugher for Hystericalady

Favored Hystericalady took care of the drama to the $280,000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) soon after the start. She controlled the pace and then drew away when asked by jockey Eddie Castro to score by 6 1/4 lengths at Monmouth Park Aug. 25.

 Saturday, August 25, 2007

Baze Muscles Bwana Bull Home in El Camino Real Derby

Even money favorite Bwana Bull closed from second to last in the opening quarter mile to capture the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) Saturday at Bay Meadows.

 Saturday, March 10, 2007

Eastlake Avenue Swims to California Oaks Win

Eastlake Avenue wore down her Jerry Hollendorfer-trained stablemate Glorification in the stretch and earned a 1 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields Saturday.

 Saturday, February 10, 2007

Hystericalady No Joke in Hollywood BC Oaks

Hystericalady, shipped south by trainer leading Northern California conditioner Jerry Hollendorfer, demolished the field in the $152,400 Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks (gr. II) Sunday at Hollywood Park.

 Sunday, June 11, 2006

Trickey Trevor Starts Derby Stakes Program

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Russell Baze have won a lot of races together, mostly in northern California. But Saturday they began the stakes program on Kentucky Derby day with a win in the $229,000 Churchill Downs Handicap (gr. II).

 Saturday, May 06, 2006

California Dreaming for Hollendorfer, Baze

Adreamisborn continued to show his love for California as the Jerry Hollendorfer trainee got up in the final stride to win Saturday's $125,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf.

 Saturday, October 01, 2005

Adreamisborn Takes Eventful Grace Handicap

Adreamisborn, ridden by Russell Baze, bided his time before overtaking Charbonnier in the stretch en route to a 3 1/2-length win in the $98,000 Jospeph T. Grace Handicap at Santa Rosa, which was run for the first time on the Northern California track's new turf course.

 Saturday, August 06, 2005

'Dream' Comes Through in Stanford Handicap

Adreamisborn just held off Irish-bred Night Bokbel to win the $125,000 Stanford Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIIT) by a head Saturday at Bay Meadows.

 Sunday, March 20, 2005

Hollendorfer Brews Upset at Turfway

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer knew something the bettors missed – Cappuchino likes Kentucky. Belying his 31-1 odds, the 5-year-old broke first, finished first, and was never seriously threatened in his successful bid to win the $100,000 Turfway Park Fall Championship (gr. III) Saturday.

 Saturday, October 02, 2004

Hollendorfer Halves His Arlington String

Jerry Hollendorfer, the defending champion trainer at Arlington Park, has apparently conceded any chance to repeat after shipping 22 horses from his Arlington string back to his Northern California base of operations.

 Thursday, September 19, 2002