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Jerry Hollendorfer

Statistics by Year:
 

Category Starters Starts Starts/Starter 1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter
Dirt 5 5 1 0 0 3 0% 60% $15,844 $3,169 $3,169
Turf 3 3 1 1 0 0 33.33% 33.33% $49,000 $16,333 $16,333
All Weather 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Total 8 8 1 1 0 3 12.5% 50% $64,844 $8,106 $8,106
  
Graded Stakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Black-type Stakes 1 1 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $500 $500 $500
Two-year-olds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Claiming 2 2 1 0 0 1 0% 50% $2,060 $1,030 $1,030
First-time starters 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Name: Jerry Hollendorfer
Phone: (510) 526-4104
Fax: (510) 526-4858
Email: hllndrfr@aol.com
Trainer Bio

 

Born in Akron, Ohio, Hollendorfer arrived in California in the late 1960s and began working as a groom at Bay Meadows. He later went to work for trainers Jerry Dutton and Jerry Fanning in various capacities before taking out his own training license in 1979. His first “big horse” and stakes winner was Novel Sprite, a claiming acquisition at $16,000 who went on to earn over $400,000 and named Claimer of the Year in 1986. 

Jerry’s career has been a regular accumulation of titles since including 37 straight and a total of 49 training titles at Bay Meadows plus top honors at Del Mar, Santa Anita, Portland Meadows, Arlington Park and Thistledown.  He now ranks third in North America among trainers for all time number of wins achieving his 7,000 score on November 16, 2015 with over 7,100 wins to date.

He has scored multiple wins the California Derby, El Camino Real Derby and Kentucky Oaks (Light Lite 91, Pike Place Dancer 96, Blind Luck 2010). Jerry trained Champions, Blind Luck (Three-Year-Old Filly 2010), Shared Belief (Two-Year-Old 2013) and current mega star, Songbird (Two-Year-Old Filly 2015). Hollendorfer has won two Breeders’ Cup races including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies G1 with Songbird and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile G1 with Dakota Phone. He has placed second or third in four others.  Two more current grade one winners are Wild Dude (Bing Crosby S. G1) and Tara’s Tango (Santa Margarita S. G1).

He also trained top horses – Bwana Bull, King Glorious, Hystericalady, Heatseeker, Cause to Believe, Chocolate Candy, Sahara Sky and so many others.  

Jerry credits his wife, Janet who serves as his assistant in Northern California and staff for the hard work behind his achievements.  Hollendorfer was inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 2011. 

Locations Manager on location Email Phone Day Rate # of horses trained
Golden Gate Fields 60
Santa Anita Park 60
Los Alamitos 40
What's your normal use of veterinary services to manage horses on a day-today basis:
  • Aggressive ($700+ month/horse)
  • Moderate ($300 - $600 month/horse)
  • Occasional (less than $300 month/horse)
Other than day rate, does your billing include charges for:
  • Veterinary
  • Blacksmith
  • Vanning
  • Travel
  • Other
How often do you communicate with Owners:
  • Daily
  • 2-3 times a week
  • Once a week
  • As needed

Top 10 Winning Horses - Past 12 months

Horse Sex Current Earnings Best Win Race Class Best Win Stake
Red Cross Knight Colt $61,292 Winner
Midnight Mojo Colt $19,560 Winner
Eddie's Wave Gelding $16,540 Winner
Horse Sex Earnings Best Race Class Best Stake
Blind Luck Filly $3,269,620 Champion 3-year-old filly BetFair TVG Alabama S. G1
Songbird Filly $4,692,000 Champion 2-year-old filly 14 Hands Winery Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies G1
Shared Belief Gelding $2,916,000 Champion 2-year-old colt Santa Anita H. G1
Unique Bella Filly $1,272,400 Champion female sprinter Beholder Mile S. G1
Lite Light Filly $581,285 Grade 1 winner Coaching Club American Oaks G1
Hystericalady Filly $2,390,556 Grade 1 winner Humana Distaff S. G1
Battle of Midway Colt $1,589,049 Grade 1 winner Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile G1
Vasilika Filly $1,393,528 Grade 1 winner Gamely S. G1
Dakota Phone Gelding $1,282,810 Grade 1 winner Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile G1
Sahara Sky Colt $1,172,583 Grade 1 winner Metropolitan H. G1
Individual Ratings
Submitted by: john G turner mr
Wednesday June 13, 2012
Overall Experience:
5

Communication:
3

Integrity:
5

Professionalism:
5

Availability:
5

Billing:
5

Staff:
5

Horse Trained:


Average Ratings
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