Clifford Sise, Jr.

Top Associated Horses: Candy Arches, Jack's Wild, Warren's Player, Maralago, Soupy, Smooth Performer

2009 Record: (111-18-17-16)

2009 Earnings: $526,310

2009 Win %: 16% In-The-Money %: 45%

Born: Oct. 18, 1951, in St. Louis, Mo.
Residence: Glendora, Calif.
Family: wife, Lorrie; children, Kim and Robert
Racing Background: Family moved to California when he was eight ... Grew up not far from Santa Anita on a street where trainers Jimmy Jordan, Bill Molter and Ray Bell lived ... Each summer the family stayed in a trailer park with many other racing families near Cardiff State Beach just north of Del Mar ... First worked on the racetrack at age 11 as a hotwalker for Jordan ... Friends since boyhood with Gary Brinson, starter at the Southern California tracks, and Scotty McClellan, agent for jockeys Alex Solis and Richard Migliore ... Was a jockey from 1967-70 primarily at Turf Paradise in Arizona and the California fairs ... Was assistant to trainers Lou Glauberg and Noble Threewitt ... Recalls being told he was the youngest person to get a license in Southern California when he took out his in 1970 ... Left racing for about 10 years to run a catering business ... Sise's father-in-law, Junior Nicholson, trained horses ... Son, Robert trains horses in the morning and shoes them in the afternoon
Racing Career:
Based at Santa Anita with his stable of 25 horses ... Enjoyed best year to date in stable earnings in 2007, when runners he saddled won 40 races and $2,128,998 with Martin and Pam Wygod's Idiot Proof accounting for $803,136 ... Idiot Proof gave Sise his first G1 win last fall when he won the 2007 Ancient Title Stakes during the Oak Tree meeting. "It meant so much to me to win the Ancient Title with Idiot Proof," said Sise. "I learned so much from Keith (Stucki) and the race is named for the best horse he trained." ... Following the Ancient Title, Idiot Proof finished second in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park and is likely to make a second appearance in the race in ’08 ... Idiot Proof was voted the 2007 California Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old ... Made first trip to Dubai in 2008, taking Idiot Proof, who finished second in the UAE-1 Golden Shaheen ... Currently conditions a number of 2-year-olds for the Wygods, including a full sister to Idiot Proof, named Pretty Amazing ... Other top horse in 2008 is Smooth Performer, second in the G2 Hollywood Oaks ... Past stakes winners include Gn. Group Meeting, Coastal Strike, Golden Ticket, Rock Opera, and Paying Dues, winner of two grade 3 races in 1996, the Los Angeles Handicap and the Vernon O. Underwood. Paying Dues also ran second to Lit de Justice in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Sprint, Sise's only other starter in racing's championship event ... Has trained for owners Martin and Pam Wygod for about four years. Currently has 15 horses for them.