BRUCE ALEXANDER Born: August 3, 1954 Birthplace: Canandaigua, NY Residence: Eatontown, NJ Burst onto the local scene in 2010 by earning leading trainer honors defeating such nationally renowned conditioners as Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher. Alexander s 28 wins in 2010 was an 86% increase over his total from the previous year. He conditioned Lady Alexander to a pair of stakes wins in 2010. In 2012, Alexander won the Grade 3 Oceanport and Grade 3 Cliff Hanger with Tune Me In. Monmouth Park 2013 85 7 11 13 $258,172 Total 2013 119 13 16 18 $449,173 MANUEL BERRIOS Born: July 21, 1948 Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Residence: Red Bank, NJ Berrios trains primarily for owner Menotti Lembo, who he teamed with to capture the Lincroft Handicap with Beknown to Me and the Open Mind with Anjiz Slew in 2001. Berrios sent out over 150 starters at Monmouth and the Meadowlands in 2000, 2002 and 2009. In 1999 he captured a pair of races with Beknown to Me from five Monmouth Park starts. Monmouth Park 2013 72 3 4 10 $80,809 Total 2013 106 5 8 15 $139,799 TRAINERS KELLY JOHN BREEN Born: May 13, 1969 Birthplace: Perth Amboy, NJ Residence: Tinton Falls, NJ After taking his first Monmouth training title in 2005, Breen returned in 2006 with an even better season, winning another training championship and increasing his earnings by more than 50%. Breen captured his first career race in 1993 at the Meadowlands. He went on to be an assistant to Raines Award winner Ben Perkins Sr., before going back out on his own in 2000 when Perkins retired. New Jersey born and raised, Breen has enjoyed tremendous success over the past several years, highlighted by Ruler On Ice s victory in the 2011 Belmont Stakes. In 2012, he captured three Monmouth Park stakes: Skip Away, Just Smashing and Long Branch. In 2013, Breen trainees won the Fort Monmouth Stakes and Grade 2 Monmouth Cup. Monmouth Park 2013 62 13 9 4 $515,770 Total 2013 188 41 24 24 $2,150,466 EDWIN T. BROOME Born: October 26, 1951 Birthplace: Berlin, NJ Residence: Erial, NJ Broome has been a Monmouth Park mainstay since 1994, when he shifted his operation from Philly Park to the Garden State. Since then he has captured four training titles at the Meadowlands, three owner s titles at Monmouth and five owner s championships at the Big M. He sent out Mi Narrow to capture stakes races in three consecutive years 1998-2000. As a child, Broome worked at his grandfather s (Carol Auwater) farm, mucking stalls and breaking yearlings. He operated a crane for 10 years to save enough money to enter the racing business. Broome trained three and bred four winners on New Jersey Bred Festival Day in 2009 including the Broome owned and trained Lucky James. In 2011, Broome finished fourth in the trainer s standings with 25 victories. Monmouth Park 2013 84 15 16 10 $488,863 Total 2013 147 20 19 16 $622,759 CHARLES BUDDY CARLESIMO JR. Born: September 25, 1949 Birthplace: Newark, NJ Residence: Highlands, NJ With more than 20 years of training on the New Jersey circuit to his credit, Carlesimo enjoyed stakes success with Silent Serenade, winner of the Open Mind Handicap on opening day of the 2002 Monmouth season and the Spruce Fir Handicap on closing day of the 2000 meet. In 1990, Carlesimo captured the biggest race of his career when Quick Mischief won the Grade 1 Ruffian at Belmont and later went on to win Monmouth s Nauvoo Stakes in 1992. Carlesimo s older cousin is P.J. Carlesimo, former Seton Hall head basketball coach. In 2013, the Carlesimotrained Raging Daoust upset the Grade 3 Salvator Mile. Monmouth Park 2013 54 7 9 9 $311,943 Total 2013 114 15 14 14 $499,988
HENRY CARROLL Born: December 15, 1947 Birthplace: Orangeburg, SC Residence: St. Mathews, SC Carroll s father, Bill, was a trainer in New England. Carroll got his first big horse in 1990 with Yankee Affair, winner of three Grade 1 races that year, including the United Nations Handicap, the trainer s first Grade 1 victory. Carroll campaigned his first champion when Smoke Glacken won the Eclipse Award as the nation s top sprinter in 1997. The year prior, Smoke Glacken won the Sapling Stakes and in his championship year he went six for eight, including wins in the DeFrancis Dash and Jersey Shore Breeders Cup Stakes, the latter s first year being contested at Monmouth Park. Carroll won the 2003 closing day Point Given Stakes with Rockin on Ready. Monmouth Park 2013 17 1 2 2 $36,190 Total 2013 19 1 3 3 $44,890 LUIS CARVAJAL JR. Born: July 6, 1972 Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Residence: Hallandale, FL Carvajal grew up in a racing family and followed his father into the jockey business. After three years as a rider, Carvajal Jr. switched over to training and worked five years as an assistant to Angel Penna Jr. In the mid-1990 s he went to work as an assistant to Monmouth Park veteran Bob Durso, a job he held until Durso s retirement. In 2005 Carvajal went out on his own and won his first race with Fagedaboudit Sal the following year. In 2009, that charge won the Bob Harding, Carvajal s first stakes win. In 2011, the Carvajal-trained sprinter Dabnabit captured the John J. Reilly and Colts Neck. Monmouth Park 2013 44 6 7 5 $124,494 Total 2013 71 9 8 9 $187,424 Jane Cibelli Born: July 7, 1961 Birthplace: Leicester, UK Residence: Oldsmar, FL Cibelli worked with horses in her native country before moving to the United States in 1983. She races primarily on the New Jersey Florida circuit. In 2007 she tied for ninth in the overall Meadowlands standings, winning at a 28% rate. In 2009, the Cibelli-trained Chirac captured the Skip Away and Grade 3 Iselin Stakes, the trainer s first graded victory. In 2011, Cibelli made history, becoming the first female to win the Monmouth Park training title after sending out 32 winners. Cibelli returned in 2012 to take her second consecutive training championship. In 2013, Cibelli trained Wicked Tune to a win in the My Frenchman. Monmouth Park 2013 115 12 13 24 $429,746 Total 2013 321 49 52 49 $1,415,938 BOBBY DibONA Born: December 2, 1961 Birthplace: Boston, MA Residence: Davie, FL Dibona was introduced to racing through his friend s father, who owned horses stabled at Suffolk Downs. In 1989 Dibona became an owner himself, winning his first race out at Suffolk. In 2000 he took out his trainer s license and won his first race that year with Hurricane Havoc at Gulfstream. He has been stabling at Monmouth Park since 2006 and has enjoyed great success, most notably with Actin Good, winner of the 2007 Grade 3 Pegasus, and Cuba, an $18,000 claim that earned over $400,000 after the acquisition and victor of the 2008 Charles Hesse Handicap. Actin Good added another stakes win to his resume by taking the 2009 Majestic Light on Haskell Day. In 2013, Dibona trained Hard Enough to wins in the Jersey Derby and Restoration. Monmouth Park 2013 43 8 8 6 $272,210 Total 2013 87 17 12 15 $541,323 STEPHEN L. DIMAURO Born: September 3, 1957 Residence: Davie, FL Son of a jockey and trainer, DiMauro took out his trainer s license in 1982 when he trained horses for Dogwood Stable. DiMauro saddled Two Item Limit to a third-place finish in the 2001 Breeders Cup Distaff. In 2011, DiMauro trained Jerseybred Hermosillo to a win in the Charles Hesse III Handicap. Monmouth Park 2013 49 4 10 7 $177,715 Total 2013 229 32 33 30 $939,755 PATRICIA FARRO Born: October 7, 1951 Birthplace: Jersey City, NJ Residence: Tinton Falls, NJ Hailing from a racing family, Farro s brother was a jockey, while her father and brother were both in the breeding end of the business. Along with her husband Mike, the Farro s operate a successful operation in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Farro took out her trainer s license in the early 1990s. In 2004 Farro became the first female in track history to win the trainer s title at the Meadowlands. In 2011, Farro trained the speedy Royal Currier to a stakes win in the Anderson Fowler. In 2012, that charge came back to take the Mr. Prospector and the Teddy Drone Stakes. Monmouth Park 2013 105 11 16 7 $275,782 Total 2013 731 117 135 99 $3,460,336
ALAN E. GOLDBERG Born: July 16, 1949 Residence: Oakhurst, NJ Goldberg conditioned 1989 Champion Sprinter Safely Kept, who he saddled to victory in the 1990 Breeders Cup Sprint. In 1997, Jules captured Monmouth s Long Branch Stakes for Goldberg. In 2003, Goldberg sent out Runspastum to victory in the Grade 3 Oceanport Handicap. He saddled Social Queen to a stakes win at Monmouth in 2007 and returned with that charge to capture the Politely and Grade 3 Eatontown a year later. In 2012, Goldberg won a pair of Monmouth Stakes, the Monmouth Beach with Nefertini and the Grade 3 Taylor Made Matchmaker with Laughing. That charge came back to take the Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes in 2013. Monmouth Park 2013 33 6 3 10 $201,500 Total 2013 178 32 24 31 $2,527,338 CLAUDIO GONZALEZ Born: November 5, 1976 Birthplace: Chile Residence: Shrewsbury, NJ Gonzalez stormed onto the Monmouth Park scene in 2013 by winning 27 races, good for fourth in the trainer s standings. The Gonzalez-trained Princess Perfect captured the Jersey Girl Handicap on NJ Thoroughbred Festival Day. Monmouth Park 2013 118 27 18 18 $720,735 Total 2013 300 60 42 46 $1,492,484 CHARLES R. HARVATT Born: July 13, 1941 Birthplace: Carteret, NJ Residence: Rahway, NJ Harvatt conditioned the popular New Jersey-bred filly Paparika, victor of the Santo Lalomia Handicap and the Miss Woodford Stakes at Monmouth and the Holly Stakes and New Jersey Futurity at the Meadowlands. Harvatt also trained the ultra-fast Riley s Heat, winner of the 1999 Witches Brew at the Big M. Harvatt has enjoyed great success on the New Jersey circuit, tying with D. Wayne Lukas and Bill Perry for fourth in the trainer s standings at the 1999 Monmouth meet and combining for 30 victories at Monmouth and the Meadowlands the prior year. Monmouth Park 2013 51 2 5 3 $73,780 Total 2013 147 9 13 12 $193,494 MARK HENNIG Born: April 10, 1965 Birthplace: Mansfield, OH Residence: Garden City, NY Hennig is the son of fellow trainer John Hennig. A former assistant to Neil Howard, D. Wayne Lukas and Jack Van Berg, Mark Hennig began a solo training career on July 1, 1992 when he took a position with Team Valor. Hennig has enjoyed success on both coasts and in major races. In 2002 Hennig saddled Cat s At Home to win the Skip Away Stakes and the Iselin Handicap. The following year he sent out Summer Colony to take the Molly Pitcher Breeders Cup Handicap. Team Hennig won four stakes at the 2005 Monmouth meet and captured the Grade 2 Meadowlands Cup with Tap Day that same year. In 2008, Hennig saddled Notional to a victory in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile. Fans can follow all the Hennig horses at his website, www.hennigracing.com. Monmouth Park 2013 32 6 5 4 $140,860 Total 2013 277 45 48 35 $2,357,744 TIMOTHY A. HILLS Born: July 22, 1952 Birthplace: Nashua, NH Residence: Fort Lauderdale, FL Hills formerly trained on the New England circuit before moving his stable to Monmouth Park full-time in the mid-1990s. Since then he captured the 2002 and 2004 Monmouth Park training titles and finished second in 2001 and 2003. Hills won the 1999 Grade 3 Reeve Schley Jr. Stakes with Kissin Jeb, the 2002 Grade 3 Eatontown Handicap with Cousin Gigi and the 2006 Grade 3 Boiling Springs with Toll Taker. In 2003 Hills sent out Mooji Moo to win the Regret Stakes on Haskell Day and the following year that charge took the filly and mare sprint division of the Sunshine Millions. Hills won a pair of stakes at the 2008 Monmouth meet. He is a regular on the New Jersey-South Florida circuit. In 2012, the Hillstrained Senator Beck took the Desert Vixen Stakes. Monmouth Park 2013 92 11 11 16 $331,692 Total 2013 211 25 21 29 $922,009 TIMOTHY J. KELLY Born: October 16, 1962 Birthplace: Hollywood, FL Residence: Colts Neck, NJ Kelly has been a regular on the New Jersey circuit for the past 20 years and has enjoyed stakes success taking the 2000 Blue Sparkler at Monmouth and the 1991 Jockey Hollow at the Meadowlands. In 1997 he enjoyed a 20% win rate at Monmouth. His clients have included the Stavola Brothers Middletown Stable and Daniel J. Ljoka. Monmouth Park 2013 37 5 2 4 $195,308 Total 2013 47 5 2 4 $198,553
JOHN F. MAZZA Born: May 23, 1937 Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ Residence: Locust, NJ Mazza has been training horses at Monmouth Park for more than 40 years. He won the inaugural Thoroughbred race at the Meadowlands with Play the Palace in 1977. In 1988 Mazza captured the Sorority Stakes with Divine Answer. In 1992 he trained Great Navigator, who broke his maiden at Monmouth and went on to win a Grade 1 event. Capture the Gold was the star of the Mazza barn in 1997, winning stakes at Monmouth and the Meadowlands. In 2005 Mazza saddled Carrots Only to win the Jersey Breeders Handicap and in 2007 won the Charles Hesse Handicap with that charge. Mazza was the recipient of the 2012 Virgil Buddy Raines Distinguished Achievement Award. Monmouth Park 2013 14 1 2 2 $38,540 Total 2013 21 2 4 2 $54,515 PATRICK McBurney Born: February 9, 1957 Residence: Fair Haven, NJ A longtime assistant to John Forbes, McBurney and Forbes have worked together since the mid-1970s. McBurney took over the day-to-day training responsibilities of the barn in 2007, while Forbes focused on the business/ partnership side of the operation. That same year, Cable Boy proved the star of the barn, setting a course record in just his second career start before going on to win the Coronado s Quest Stakes and running in the Haskell Invitational. Monmouth Park 2013 70 17 8 11 $471,971 Total 2013 114 22 12 12 $567,770 RAYMON MOYA Born: August 3, 1962 Birthplace: Cuba Residence: New Egypt, NJ Moya enjoyed a stellar season in 2013 as he trained 29 local winners, good for third in the overall standings. Teaming with his son, jockey Ramon F. Moya, the pair captured the 2013 Majestic Light Stakes with Big Sur. Monmouth Park 2013 117 29 24 16 $747,909 Total 2013 281 63 60 41 $1,637,176 KATHY MONGEON Born: August 17, 1963 Birthplace: Woonsocket, RI Residence: Hollywood, FL Mongeon began with show horses at the age of four, but shifted her interest to Thoroughbreds when her father purchased his first racehorse when she was just 11 years old. At the age of 18, Mongeon was the youngest licensed trainer in the country when she began her conditioning career at Suffolk Downs. She moved south to Monmouth Park in 1986 and later moved farther south in 1991 when she went to Calder. Mongeon returned to New Jersey in the late 1990 s and has been stabling on the New Jersey-South Florida circuit ever since. In 2013, Mongeon took the Open Mind Handicap with Don s Peach. Monmouth Park 2013 31 3 4 4 $138,175 Total 2013 59 6 6 9 $264,820 JOE ORSENO Born: October 4, 1955 Residence: Haddon Heights, NJ Orseno s first job in racing was walking hots. He later landed a job as assistant to Chuck Spina, before obtaining his trainer s license in 1977. Orseno won the Garden State training title in 1988 and finished tenth nationally that year with 137 wins. His first full year at Monmouth was 1991, finishing second in the standings. He saddled Nines Wild to a runner-up performance in the 1992 Haskell. Orseno was leading trainer at the Meadowlands in 1996. In 2000 he won the Preakness Stakes with Red Bullet, the Breeders Cup Juvenile with Macho Uno and the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf with Perfect Sting, all for Frank Stronach. Later that year, Orseno was named a finalist for the Eclipse Award as the nation s outstanding trainer. In 2006, he captured five stakes at Monmouth, including the Jersey Breeders Handicap with Jersey Peach. In 2009, Orseno saddled Reata s Quick Punch to a win in the Candy Éclair Stakes and D Wild Ride to a victory in the Regret Stakes on Haskell Day. Monmouth Park 2013 54 4 7 6 $129,242 Total 2013 285 35 31 37 $1,217,897 JOrge NAVARRO Born: January 16, 1975 Birthplace: Panama Residence: Davie, FL In 2013, in his first season of training at Monmouth Park, Navarro was leading conditioner with 47 wins. In addition to his impressive win total, Navarrotrained runners accounted for 33 runner-up finishes in 2013, good for a top two finish rate of 55%. Monmouth Park 2013 146 47 33 16 $1,066,875 Total 2013 325 113 63 41 $2,323,500
BENJAMIN W. PERKINS JR. Born: March 10, 1956 Birthplace: Camden, NJ Residence: Medford, NJ A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania s Wharton School of Business, Perkins followed his father into the training business. Perkins won the 2000 Monmouth Park training title after finishing second in the standings the year before. He captured six stakes at the 2003 meet including the Long Branch with Max Forever, who went on to start in the Haskell. From 2000-2002 Perkins dominated the Sorority Stakes winning with Stormy Pick in 2000, Forest Heiress in 2001 and Wild Snitch in 2002. He has also captured graded stakes in New Jersey with Storm Tower, winner of the 1994 Salvator Mile and runner-up in the 1993 Haskell, and Sacred Honour, victor of the 1993 Sapling. Throughout the years Perkins has successfully maintained stables in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. His father, Ben Perkins Sr., was the recipient of the 2007 Virgil Buddy Raines Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2012 Perkins saddled a pair of stakes winners, The Hunk in the John J. Reilly Handicap and Well Spelled in the Grade 3 Jersey Shore Stakes. In 2013, Perkins trained Jersey-bred Rainbow Heir to a win against open company in the Grade 3 Jersey Shore. Monmouth Park 2013 81 9 14 13 $456,977 Total 2013 187 30 32 25 $1,114,133 JOSEPH H. PIERCE JR. Born: June 24, 1927 Birthplace: Washington, DC Residence: Boca Raton, FL Pierce followed his father into the horse business, taking out his own trainer s license in 1956. At age 17 Pierce joined the Navy and is a veteran of World War II. Throughout his career Pierce has trained more than 60 stakes winners, including Dream Deal, Friendly Lover (a Monmouth Park Hall of Champions member), Family Enterprize, Night Invader and millionaire Grecian Flight. In 1986 Pierce won a then record $474,595 for the 73-day Monmouth meet. In 1997 he captured the Grade 3 Matchmaker, it s first year at Monmouth after previously being run at Atlantic City. Pierce sent out Quiet Desperation to win the 2004 Colts Neck Handicap as well as the 2006 Bernie Dowd Handicap. In 2007 Pierce saddled French Vintage, the last foal from Grecian Flight, to win the Choice Stakes. A year later he won the Jersey Girl Handicap with Paradise Tonight. Pierce was named the fourth recipient of the Virgil Buddy Raines Distinguished Achievement Award in 1999. Pierce s lone 2013 win came in the John J. Reilly Handicap with Hop Skip and Away. Monmouth Park 2013 15 1 4 1 $92,688 Total 2013 21 1 4 3 $105,728 EDDIE PLESA JR. Born: April 25, 1949 Birthplace: Seattle, WA Residence: Plantation, FL The son of a trainer and jockey, Plesa Jr. was an assistant to his father as well as having worked for Harbor View Farm, Fred Hooper and trainer Stan Hough. He has successfully maintained stables in New York, Ohio, Delaware, Florida and New Jersey. Plesa has trained numerous stakes winner throughout his career, including Gottcha Gold, who captured a pair of stakes at the 2006 Monmouth meeting, before going on to win the 2007 Salvator Mile and Iselin Stakes and a runner-up performance in the inaugural Breeders Cup Dirt Mile. In 2011, Plesa captured a pair of stakes at Monmouth: the Elkwood with Successful Mission and the Colleen with Say a Novena. Among his three stakes winners in 2012 was Brave Dave, victor of the Grade 3 Sapling. Plesa ended 2013 second in the overall trainer standings and finished with six stakes victories including the Colleen and Jersey Juvenile with Flay Mignon. Monmouth Park 2013 148 42 20 23 $1,238,420 Total 2013 401 91 53 61 $3,693,318 TODD A. PLETCHER Born: June 26, 1967 Birthplace: Dallas, TX Residence: Garden City, NY The son of veteran trainer J. J. Pletcher, Todd is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Animal Science. A former assistant to D. Wayne Lukas, Pletcher took out his trainer s license in 1996 and won his first race on January 26 of that year. Pletcher sent out Balto Star, at odds of 37-1, to a wire-to-wire performance in the 2003 United Nations at Monmouth and the following year sent out that charge to win the Meadowlands Cup. Among Pletcher s numerous Monmouth Park stakes wins are the 2006 Haskell with Bluegrass Cat, the 2007 United Nations with English Channel and the 2007 Haskell with Any Given Saturday. Pletcher has won the Eclipse Award as Outstanding Trainer six times, 2004-2007, 2010 and 2013. Pletcher led all trainers in stakes wins again at Monmouth in 2012, sending out eight winners, among them: Turbo Compressor in the U.N., Rule in the Monmouth Cup, San Pablo in the Iselin and Dancing Solo in the Boiling Springs. In 2013, Pletcher swept the Grade 3 Pegasus and Grade 1 Haskell with Verrazano. Monmouth Park 2013 86 14 15 14 $1,417,435 Total 2013 946 224 178 138 $25,251,273
TERESA M. POMPAY Born: March 11, 1961 Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, NY Residence: Neptune, NJ Pompay posted a banner year in 2002, as her stable earnings topped $1 million for the first time. She took three Monmouth stakes in 2002: the Grade 3 Matchmaker, Grade 3 Eatontown and Choice Stakes. That same year she finished third in the Monmouth Park trainer standings, the highest of any female in track history, up to that time. In 2003 Pompay saddled the talented Tabacchi to a maiden win at Monmouth before running him in the Grade 1 Futurity at Belmont. She finished second in the 2003 Meadowlands trainer standings, tying with Linda Rice. Pompay made national news in 2011 when she trained Currency Swap to win the Hopeful at Saratoga, the trainer s first Grade 1 victory. Monmouth Park 2013 45 7 6 4 $122,225 Total 2013 133 19 26 17 $550,785 DEREK RYAN Born: September 22, 1966 Birthplace: Ireland Residence: Long Branch, NJ Having enjoyed success in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, Ryan catapulted onto the national scene in early 2009 with Musket Man, who he saddled to victories in the Tampa Bay and Illinois Derbies. That charge went on to finish a hard-charging third in the Kentucky Derby. Prior to the success of Musket Man, Ryan s biggest win came in the 2002 Grade 3 Jersey Derby, when Emergency Status took his foes wire-to-wire. In 2009, Ryan s stable earnings topped $1 million for the second-consecutive year. Monmouth Park 2013 74 10 8 6 $234,750 Total 2013 189 25 25 25 $622,830 JAMES T. RYERSON Born: October 8, 1952 Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ Residence: Oceanport, NJ Ryerson is Monmouth County born and raised. At age 15 he worked on the Monmouth Park backstretch and eventually became an assistant to John Tammaro III before going out on his own at the age of 24. He worked as a real estate appraiser between stints as a trainer when he got started. Ryerson got his first big horse in 1994 with Long Branch Stakes winner Meadow Flight, runner-up to Holy Bull in the 1994 Haskell and winner of the Pennsylvania Derby. In 1995 Ryerson won the Breeders Cup Juvenile with Unbridled s Song, who he saddled as the favorite in the 1996 Kentucky Derby. In 2003 Ryerson s Jersey Giant burst on to the scene winning the John J. Reilly, Skip Away and Skip Trial, in addition to finishing second in the Salvator Mile and third in the Iselin, all at Monmouth Park. In 2004 Ryerson captured the Trenton Stakes with Tangier Sound and the Tyro with Park Avenue Ball; the latter went on to win the Grade 2 Futurity at Belmont. Park Avenue Ball returned in 2005 to win the Long Branch and run third in the Haskell. In 2006, Ryerson saddled that charge to victories in the Frisk Me Now, Skip Away and the Grade 3 Iselin. Monmouth Park 2013 14 0 6 1 $57,965 Total 2013 284 37 43 41 $1,521,125 GREGORY SACCO Born: November 13, 1965 Birthplace: Miami Beach, FL Residence: Ocean Township, NJ Sacco is a third generation horseman. His father, William, was leading trainer at Monmouth in 1962. In 2005 and 2006 Sacco finished fourth in the overall Meadowlands standings. In 2007 he saddled Prop Me Up to win the Lady s Secret Stakes on Haskell Day before running that charge in the Breeders Cup Distaff. In 2009, the Sacco-trained Piscitelli finished fourth in the Breeders Cup Juvenile three months after breaking his maiden at Monmouth Park. In 2010, Sacco sent out Unbridled Essence to win the Grade 3 Matchmaker on Haskell Day. In 2011, Sacco captured a trio of stakes races and finished third in the overall standings. In 2012, Sacco trained the aptly named Ima Jersey Girl to capture the Jersey Girl Handicap on New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival Day. Monmouth Park 2013 152 23 30 22 $654,510 Total 2013 282 36 47 37 $1,111,140 JUAN SEREY Born: March 25, 1949 Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Residence: Oceanport, NJ Serey moved from his native Chile to the United States in the early 1980 s and galloped horses for Oscar and Laz Barrera, John Tammaro and Frank Martin before taking out his trainer s license in 1991. In addition to being the leading trainer at Aqueduct in 1996, Serey has won a pair of training titles at the Meadowlands and a record five consecutive titles at Monmouth from 1995 through 1999. Serey returned to training in 2005 after spending several years working on a farm in upstate New York. In 2012, he sent out Ponzi Scheme to capture the Opening Day Decathlon Stakes before finishing second in the overall trainer standings. Monmouth Park 2013 54 11 9 4 $316,828 Total 2013 55 11 9 4 $317,128
JASON SERVIS Born: April 2, 1957 Birthplace: Charles Town, WV Residence: Eatontown, NJ Formerly a jockey s valet, Servis began training in December 2001 and scored his first win in March of 2002 with Hattab Be You at Aqueduct. In 2002 he captured the Oceanport Handicap with Tempest Fugit. Servis has captured multiple training titles at the Meadowlands. He won his first graded event in 2008 when American Border took the Grade 3 Violet at the Big M. That charge returned to take the Miss Liberty Stakes at Monmouth in 2009. In 2013, Servis finished sixth in the Monmouth Park trainers standings and had two horses, Ju Ju Eyeballs and Ribo Bobo, win two stakes a piece. Monmouth Park 2013 59 18 9 8 $547,670 Total 2013 356 88 56 44 $3,684,144 CHUCK SPINA Born: June 28, 1948 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Residence: Oceanport, NJ Spina grew up in Brooklyn and first began with Western show horses. He won his first race as a trainer at Belmont Park in 1972. Later that year he came to New Jersey and operated Twelve Gate horse van company until 1985. Spina won the Choice Handicap with Dream s End in 1987. Monmouth Park 2013 42 4 7 6 $198,239 Total 2013 80 12 13 10 $359,599 JOHN TAMMARO III Born: March 10, 1946 Birthplace: Charles Town, WV Residence: Cooksville, MD Tammaro was the leading trainer at Monmouth Park in 1973, 1974 and 1986. He shares the all-time record for wins in one Monmouth meet with J. Willard Thompson, each capturing 55 in the mid-70 s. In 2001 he captured the Sapling Stakes with Pure Precision. He has twice captured the Long Branch, Thistyranthasclass in 2000 and Bert s Bubbleator in 1993. Tammaro has also twice won the Salvator Mile, Jyp in 1986 and Count His Fleet in 1982. In 2005 Tammaro sent out Smart N Classy to take the Grade 3 Eatontown Handicap. His father, the late John Tammaro Sr., was a leading horseman in Maryland. In 2008, Tammaro saddled Luna Park to win the Bernie Dowd Handicap. Monmouth Park 2013 53 7 5 7 $184,881 Total 2013 171 14 17 17 $509,235 J. WILLARD THOMPSON Born: March 30, 1935 Birthplace: Atlanta, GA Residence: Colts Neck, NJ A former steeplechase jockey, Thompson and his wife, well-known hunter/jumper trainer Carol, own Quiet Winter Farm, where they also breed racehorses under the same name. In 2001 Thompson won the Monmouth Park training title, his first since 1977, and his fourth overall. He is the second winningest trainer in Meadowlands history, and captured back-to-back titles there in 1980 and 1981. In 2007 Thompson sent out Jenny Bean Girl to win the Jersey Girl Handicap on New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival Day. In 1996, Thompson was named the inaugural winner of the Virgil Buddy Raines Distinguished Achievement Award. Monmouth Park 2013 87 16 13 13 $482,294 Total 2013 129 19 18 19 $610,825 SCOTT VOLK Born: January 16, 1952 Birthplace: Rochester, NJ Residence: Long Branch, NJ Had a career year in 2010, finishing fourth in the overall Monmouth standings. He bested that in 2011, when he finished second at Monmouth to Jane Cibelli. In 2010 he saddled Out of Respect to a runner-up finish in the Grade 3 Jersey Shore. That charge came back later in the meet to win the Select Stakes. Goombada Guska gave Volk two Monmouth stakes scores in 2010, including a victory in the Charles Hesse III Handicap. Monmouth Park 2013 50 7 11 12 $194,716 Total 2013 79 9 11 17 $247,503 TONY WILSON Born: July 2, 1960 Birthplace: Camden, NJ Residence: Neptune, NJ Wilson followed his father, Earl, into the training business. Over the years he worked for trainers Leonard Whitey Makowski, Ben Perkins Jr. and John Tammaro III. He went out on his own several years ago and enjoyed a break out season in 2006 at Monmouth winning his first stakes race when Pure Disco took the Goldfinch Handicap. Later that season Wilson won the Klassy Breifcase and Incredible Revenge with Pretty Imposing. In 2007 Pure Disco successfully defended her Goldfinch Handicap title for Wilson. In 2011, Wilson sent out Deliburnsky to take the colts division of the Jersey Juvenile. Monmouth Park 2013 46 5 6 3 $149,194 Total 2013 67 7 7 4 $183,204