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| Jamie Sanders |
Stats Updated Through: 2/29/2008
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| 2008 Stats: | | Starts | | 21 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 6-1-3 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $59,619 (494) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 28% (47%) |
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Biography and Highlights:
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- Born: Brownsville, Ky.
- Residence: Limestone Farm in Lawrenceburg, Ky. ... Farm covers 18-1/2 acres
- Family: Fiance Donnie Kelly
- Racing Background: Grew up riding and competing in barrel racing … Family friend Gary Logsdon owned Thoroughbreds and she became interested in the sport … Went to Churchill Downs for the first time when she was 10, deciding then that she wanted a career with racehorses ... Upon suggestion from Logsdon, who is also a partner in Teuflesberg, she went to work for Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg as an exercise rider ... Eventually became a jockey and rode competitively for five years before going to work for Nick Zito, also a Hall of Fame trainer, as an assistant trainer and top exercise rider, while still riding an occasional race ... During her 11 years with Zito, she worked with such horses as Derby winner Strike the Gold and Preakness winner Louis Quatorze ... During her career as a jockey, she won 88 races from 1,393 mounts
- Racing Career: Went out on her own – with Kelly – in 2005, at which time she bought 11 yearlings at Keeneland's September sale and the October Fasig-Tipton sale ... Two of those horses were Teuflesberg, 10th in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and her first winner, Pro Pink … Teuflesberg, who finished 17th in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, has accounted for Sanders biggest stakes wins with victories in the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn and Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont ... Trains her stable ponies to do tricks such as counting, bowing, saying "yes" or "no", smiling, and waving (by striking with front leg) … Her trick horse team at the track is Chopper, Slush, and Spider.
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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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