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Craig Dollase
Top Associated Horses: Bella Roja,
Win for M'lou,
Green Card James,
Albacore Bob,
Awesome Gem,
Nan
2009 Record: (219-36-32-25)
2009 Earnings: $1,829,710
2009 Win %: 16% In-The-Money %: 42%
Born: Dec. 8, 1970, Goleta, Calif.
Residence: South Pasadena, Calif.
Family: wife, Nancy; daughters, Audrey and Alyssa
Racing Background: Grew up on Rancho Rio Vista near the Central California coast ... Son of trainer Wallace Dollase, who won the 1996 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (now Ladies' Classic) with Jewel Princess ... Began working for his father as a teen-ager, took out his license in 1995 and continued to assist his father until going on his own at the end of 1997 ... Third of four Dollases involved with Thoroughbreds, following his father and older sister, Michelle, who is the former wife of Corey Nakatani and now operates a farm in Kentucky where she handles lay-ups and does some training ... Youngest of the family, Aimee, is an assistant to her father and has a license on her own
Racing Career: Remains the youngest trainer, at age 27, to win a Breeders' Cup championship by saddling Reraise to win the 1998 Sprint ... Also has enjoyed Breeders' Cup success with Elloluv, who finished second in the 2003 Distaff, and Awesome Gem was a solid third in the 2007 Classic ... While assisting his father, Wally, he was an important cog in the machinery that sent Jeweled Princess to the Distaff winner's circle in 1996 ... Also had a hand in the runner-up finishes in the 1990 Mile and the 1991 Turf by his father's trainee, Itsallgreektome ... Awesome Gem continues to race for Dollase in ’09 and most recently won the G2 Hawthorne Gold Cup to earn a second trip to the Breeders' Cup Classic ... He finished unplaced in the 2008 Breeders' Cup Mile ... Another top runner for Dollase the last two years has been Monterey Jazz, second in the 2009 G1 Del Mar Mile and the winner of the 2008 G2 Strub Stakes and G3 Texas Mile ... In 2008, El Gato Malo was a multiple stakes winner, who was on the Triple Crown trail early before being injured ... Won his first training title by topping the 1998 Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting with 19 victories from 38 starts ... Futural was a multiple stakes winner for the trainer in 2001 and Swept Overboard gave him a major victory by capturing the Metropolitan Handicap in 2002 after finishing fourth in the 2001 Breeders' Cup Sprint ... Among other major winners: Dancing Edie, Bai and Bai, Ten a Penny, El Cielo, Major Charmer, Momentum, Abbey Girl, Reality Road, PT's Grey EagleAnziyan Royalty and Saint Afleet ... Through Oct. 25, 2009, Dollase has saddled 31 winners from 187 starters and his stable has earned $1,672,020.
NOTE: Bio 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.
