Paul Reddam

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2009 Record: (190-22-24-18)

2009 Earnings: $1,292,503

2009 Win %: 11% In-The-Money %: 33%

Born: July 28, 1955, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Residence: Sunset Beach, Calif.
Family: wife, Zillah; stepdaughter, Chanel ... Been called by his middle name since his youth to differentiate him from his father, also John Paul
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Windsor, master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto, and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California
Professional Background: In 1995, founded Ditech.com, a mortgage loan company that was the first to use television and billboard advertising for current rates. Sold the company to General Motors in 1999 ... President of CashCall, a finance lending company in Fountain Valley, Calif. ... Former philosophy professor at California State University, Los Angeles
Racing Background: Introduced to racing during high school by a friend, Carlo Fisco, who worked as a Standardbred groom at Windsor Raceway ... During the 1980s, put together harness syndicates while at Cal State L.A. ... Retains a strong interest in harness racing ... Claimed first Thoroughbred, Ocean Warrior, in 1988
Racing Career: Has had much success purchasing horses in Europe and then bringing them to the United States for the Breeders' Cup ... In 2004, he was majority owner of Wilko, surprise winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, buying 75 percent of the Awesome Again colt in England shortly before he scored for trainer Jeremy Noseda ... In 2006, Irish-bred Red Rocks registered a 10-1 upset in the 2006 Turf ... Red Rocks finished third in the 2007 Turf in his attempt to defend his title and was 10th in the 1 1/2-mile race in 2008; he might come back for a fourth try in 2009 ... He earned a spot in the 2008 race with an authoritative win over 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin in Belmont Park's the Man O' War Stakes. … Also in 2008, Square Eddie, who ran early in England, came to the U.S. to win Keeneland's Breeders Futurity and finished second to Midshipman in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile He is back to try the 2009 Dirt Mile. ... Other Breeders' Cup success has come with Ashland and Hollywood Starlet winner Elloluv, runner-up in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Distaff (now Ladies' Classic) and Great Hunter, third in the 2006 Breeders' Cup Juvenile ... Breeders' Cup earnings through 2008: $2.7 million, which does not include earnings from partnerships, such as with Wilko ... Overall, has had 12 Breeders' Cup starts as sole owner and eight in partnerships ... Other G1 winners are Sharp Lisa, Cash Included, Swept Overboard and Pt's Grey Eagle … Swept Overboard, who won the 2002 Metropolitan and the 2001 Ancient Title, was a $700,000 dispersal buy from the late Marshall Naify’s 505 Farms in 2000. Swept Overboard was a close fourth in the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, beaten about a length for the big prize … Reddam's G1-winning juvenile Crowded House, trained in England by Brian Meehan, started 2009 as the winter book favorite for the Epsom Derby before he first suffered a respiratory infection, then was sidelined. ... Other major stakes winners include Spring At Last, winner of the G2 Godolphin Mile, Andujar, Momentum, Zillah the Hun, Notional, winner of the 2008 Salvator Mile (G3) at Monmouth Park and Mistical Plan, winner of the 2008 Princess Rooney (G1) at Calder.
Breeding/Racing Operation: Owns 20 broodmares at Vessels Stallion Farm in Southern California and Kingswood in Kentucky ... Also owns four Standardbreds that he races at Windsor Raceway in Canada and Cal Expo in Sacramento ... Has about 25 Thoroughbreds in training, the majority in Southern California with Doug O'Neill and Craig Dollase. Owns others in partnerships ... Maintains a string on the East Coast with Mark Hennig and has a few more in the United Kingdom with Brian Meehan and Jeremy Noseda ...Uses Dennis O'Neill, Jamie McCalmont and James Sternberg as bloodstock agents ... Sponsors the CashCall Futurity during Hollywood Park's fall meeting, and previously sponsored the CashCall Mile, also at Hollywood, from 2006 through 2008 ... In 2008, stable earnings totaled $2.6 million, ranking him 23rd in North America. ... Through Oct. 26, 2009, his earnings are $1,172,995 with 20 wins from 168 starts, ranking him 49th in North America.