Published Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014   ( 9 years ago )

Bejarano Top Jockey;
Hollendorfer/Miller Tie

Rafael Bejarano won his fourth Del Mar leading rider title and Jerry Hollendorfer and Peter Miller tied for the training crown as Del Mar’s 2014 season raced to a close on Wednesday (September 3).

The 32-year-old Peruvian jockey registered 42 firsts at the 36-day session, easily outdistancing his nearest rival following a furious final week of winning activity, including capturing 10 races from 16 mounts on the final weekend of the stand.

Hall of Famer Hollendorfer, 68, has been nearly invincible over the past three decades with dozens and dozens of meet titles in Northern California but, until he tied for first at the recent Santa Anita spring meet, had never won a crown in the south. His Del Mar honors mark two straight southern crowns and help to underscore the fact that he runs one of the most powerful barns in America. Miller, 47, a rising training star on the Southern California circuit, was winning his second Del Mar championship after taking the 2012 training title at the shore. 

Both trainers tallied 20 winners over 36 days.

Bejarano, who won the 2008 riding title at Del Mar prior to capturing the last three in a row, finished 10 wins in front of Hall of Fame rider Kent Desormeaux (32 wins), who was riding the shore meet for the first time since 2005.

 

Jockey Standings

(Current Through Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Inclusive)

Jockey

Mts

1st

2nd

3rd

Win%

Money Won

Rafael Bejarano

196

42

33

30

21%

$2,628,622

Kent Desormeaux

174

32

31

25

18%

$2,256,606

Elvis Trujillo

199

30

24

30

15%

$1,845,732

Mike Smith

122

27

13

14

22%

$2,773,584

Tyler Baze

212

21

27

25

10%

$1,697,740

Drayden Van Dyke

181

20

24

23

11%

$1,151,268

Joseph Talamo

212

19

27

25

9%

$1,751,744

Victor Espinoza

133

19

14

17

14%

$1,787,076

Fernando Perez

152

17

12

11

11%

$859,302

Corey Nakatani

88

15

7

13

17%

$1,269,114

 

Trainer Standings

(Current Through Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Inclusive)

Trainer

Sts

1st

2nd

3rd

Win%

Money Won

Jerry Hollendorfer

96

20

20

11

21%

$1,996,986

Peter Miller

132

20

15

19

15%

$1,153,054

John W. Sadler

112

17

11

19

15%

$1,231,918

Doug F. O'Neill

134

16

19

21

12%

$1,311,566

Robert B. Hess, Jr.

62

15

9

7

24%

$595,560

Bob Baffert

71

12

9

8

17%

$1,116,490

Philip D'Amato

71

11

5

14

15%

$987,970

Vann Belvoir

47

9

3

3

19%

$233,040

Mark Glatt

63

8

13

10

13%

$666,152

Richard Baltas

52

8

7

4

15%

$544,792