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| Vladimir Cerin |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 224 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 32-37-32 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $1,284,465 (157) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 14% (45%) |
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- Born: Nov. 26, 1954, Zagreb, Croatia
- Residence: Bradbury, Calif.
- Family: children, Blake, Brian, Tyler, Colt and Alexis ... Grew up on a farm in Bosnia, where his father had domestic animals, including horses ... Moved to Canada when he was 14
- Education: Went to California in 1974 and attended UCLA, where he played soccer ... Obtained graduate degree from UCLA in kinesiology, the study of movement ... Worked four years in that field with professional athletes, including tennis star Tracy Austin and basketball players Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes and Kiki Vandeweghe ... Cerin believed that some of the same training principles that are applied to the human body also could benefit the Thoroughbred. Thus, his transition to Thoroughbred training began
- Racing Background: Learned from trainer Rafael Martinez during the late 1970s before taking out his license in 1981
- Racing Career: Registered first stakes win with Hollywood Reporter in 1989 Spotlight Breeders' Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park ... Leading trainer at Fairplex Park in 1994 and 1995 ... Won his first $1 million race in 2000, taking the Hollywood Gold Cup with longshot Early Pioneer, who helped Cerin to a career-high earnings year of $3,755,557. His stable earned $2,196,384 in 2007 ... Designed for Luck, Cerin's first Breeders’ Cup starter, finished seventh in 2003 Mile; 2005 Hawthorne Gold Cup winner Super Frolic finished fourth in that year's Classic ... Won the 2007 $1 million Pacific Classic with Student Council, owned by Ro Parra's Millennium Farms. Super Frolic finished third in 2006 Pacific Classic ... Cerin’s stakes winners include Willow O’ Wisp, Bettarun Fast, Ronton, Silken Magic, Musical Gambler, Twice As Bad, Publication and Even the Score ... Willow O' Wisp, winner of Hollywood Park's Inglewood Handicap in 2006, set a grass course record while winning the 2005 Del Mar Derby, one of three graded stakes he won that year … Cerin took over the training of Albertus Maximus in the summer of 2008, winning the Sept. 1 Windy Sands Stakes at Del Mar the first time he saddled the colt. Albertus Maximus returned to finish a good third behind Well Armed and Tiago in the Sept. 27 G1 Goodwood Stakes at Oak Tree … Cerin’s stakes performers in 2008 also include Will O Way, who finished third at 28-1 in the G1 Del Mar Debutante; Dash Dot Dash, winner of the Black Swan Stakes and the Bustles and Bows Stakes at Fairplex Park; and Vikkilee, who finished second to Dash Dot Dash in the Black Swan ... Through Oct. 11, 2008, Cerin's runners have won 43 races from 242 starts and earned $1,685,299.
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $266,760 |
| 2003 | Mile | Designed for Luck | 7th | | 2005 | Classic | Super Frolic | 4th |
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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