21 Facts About Jerry Hollendorfer

Jerry Hollendorfer has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers.

Jerry Hollendorfer attended Revere High School in Richfield then Akron University, earning a degree in business administration and marketing.

Jerry Hollendorfer moved to California in the late 1960s, where he became interested in horse racing and decided to work on the backstretch.

Jerry Hollendorfer started as a hot walker, then became a groom at Bay Meadows Racetrack.

Jerry Hollendorfer worked for trainers Jerry Dutton and Jerry Fanning for a number of years, then took out his training license in 1979.

Janet is his chief assistant and oversees the horses stabled in Northern California when Jerry Hollendorfer is travelling to other racetracks.

Jerry Hollendorfer is known for buying young horses at auction in the low to mid price range, often using his own money.

Jerry Hollendorfer then puts together ownership groups, often retaining a percentage of the horse.

Jerry Hollendorfer struggled for the first six years of his career, saddling a total of 59 winners over the period.

In 1986, he won his first stakes race with Novel Sprite, who won over $400,000 and was named the national Claimer of the Year after Jerry Hollendorfer claimed him for $16,000.

Jerry Hollendorfer's earnings were over $1 million for the first time.

Jerry Hollendorfer has won the Kentucky Oaks with Lite Light in 1991, Pike Place Dancer in 1996 and Blind Luck in 2011.

Jerry Hollendorfer won the Coaching Club American Oaks with both Lite Light and Songbird in 2016 and has won the Alabama Stakes with both Blind Luck and Songbird.

Jerry Hollendorfer finished in the top 10 of North American trainers by number wins for 29 consecutive years and has ranked in the top 10 in earnings 15 times.

In 2010, Blind Luck became the first Eclipse Award winner trained by Jerry Hollendorfer after winning three Grade I races.

Jerry Hollendorfer won his first Breeders' Cup race, the Dirt Mile, with Dakota Phone.

Jerry Hollendorfer was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jerry Hollendorfer finished fourth after a troubled trip but rebounded with wins in the Malibu, San Antonio and Santa Anita Handicaps.

Jerry Hollendorfer was awarded her second eclipse award, winning the top three-year-old filly honor.

In June 2019, Jerry Hollendorfer was banned forever from Stronach Group facilities, owners of Santa Anita Park, following the death of four of his horses in a six-month period at the track.

Jerry Hollendorfer deemed the action by the Stronach Group to be "premature".