Trainer Bios

Felimon Alvarado

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
80	13	15	13	16	51

First Win: December 1999 at Portland Meadows with a horse named Yakima Whirl

Biggest Win(s): $100,000 race at Hastings Park with Avenging Cat

Robert Austin

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
13	0	3	0	0	23

First Win: Portland Meadows in 1989, I can't remember the horses name

Biggest Win(s): Noholmeforthedevil, Only horse i've ever owned

Jeff Baker

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
51	4	7	3	8	27

First Win: At Playfair in 1996 with a horse named Round 7

Biggest Win(s): North Dakota Derby with Marco T.

Cliff Balcom

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
33	2	4	7	6	39

First Win: 1961 at Yakima Meadows with a horse named Fusser's Zipper, he paid $101 to win!

Biggest Win(s): $100,000 QH Futurity at Belgrade Montana in 1964 with Leo Citon for JB McMeans

Linda Bartels Northam

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
21	5	3	4	24	57

First Win: Yakima Meadows in the mid 80's

Biggest Win(s): In the early 90's I had a horse named Basic Dose who was Oregon bred of the year and won races at Arlington Park and Canterbury.

Robbie Baze

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
108	7	21	16	6	41

First Win: Canadian Bells at Emerald Downs in 2000

Biggest Win(s): Slewicide Cruise in the Chinook Pass Sprint at Emerald Downs

Bob Beckner

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
157	13	21	23	8	36

First Win: 1980, not sure of the horses name or where?

Biggest Win(s): Yakima Futurity with Cinnamon Turbo

Howard Belvoir

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
170	16	22	27	9	38

First Win: It was at Exhibition Park in Vancouver, BC (now Hastings)

Biggest Win(s): 2008 Longacres Mile with Wasserman, 2009 Longacres Mile with Assessment

Cathy Crispin

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
7	0	3	1	0	57

First Win: Boise Idaho in 1986 with a horse named Impco

Biggest Win(s): Go Bubba Go at Emerald, won at first asking by 10 lengths!

Carol Duby

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
29	4	9	5	14	62

First Win: Divine Fantasy at Portland Meadows in th early 1990's

Biggest Win(s): I Won't Apologize, 2003 at Albuquerque

Dave Duke

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
74	11	12	7	15	41

First Win: 1976 with a Quarter Horse named Senton

Biggest Win(s): They are all big!

Charles Essex

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
58	8	16	3	14	47

First Win: Yakima Meadows with Thirteen Coins

Biggest Win(s): Any Stakes with Handy N Bold

Jim Fergason

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
139	41	20	27	29	63

First Win: 1969 at Portland Meadows with a 99/1 shot Quarter Horse

Biggest Win(s): OTOBA Futurity at Portland Meadows with Wisco Cat, Auburn Handicap at Emerald Downs with Crimson Design

Rolland Fergason

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
124	17	16	25	14	47

First Win: Tommy's Pride, Lakeview, Oregon, 1974

Biggest Win(s): At Salem with a horse named Sea Vega, it was the Copper Kettle Purse, and I still have the blanket!

Steve Fisher

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
41	11	7	8	27	63

First Win: A horse my Grandpa owned named Bo Dean E at Playfair in Spokane

Biggest Win(s): Washington Oaks with Long Enough and the 2011 Portland Mile with Deacon Speakin

Vince Gibson

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
63	7	7	9	11	37

First Win: Belly Up at the Puyallup Fair in 1975

Biggest Win(s): Bud Emerald Handicap at Emerald Downs

Chris Hartman

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
46	4	6	11	9	46

First Win: 4/6/00 at Portland Meadows with Souffle Two Fly

Biggest Win(s): 2010 Albihighway at Portland Meadows

Ryland Harwood

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
29	7	3	1	24	38

First Win: As an owner it was 1974, our first start with a Quarter Horse named Royal High at Portland Meadows

Biggest Win(s): Janet Wineberg Stakes with Kate Winsalot at Portland Meadows

Jerry Hollendorfer

Inducted into the National Racing Museum’s Hall of Fame on Aug. 12, 2011, in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Is the fourth winningest trainer in North American thoroughbred racing history. Through June 29, 2011, he had 5,970 career victories.

Ranks eighth on the all-time earnings list for trainers. Through June 29, 2011, his horses had earned $122,369,199 in purses.

Achieved a career-high in stable earnings in 2010 when his runners earned $9,307,328, a figure that ranked him fourth in the nation in money won.

Eric Jensen

2010/11 Statisitics

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Winning %	% In the Money
9	2	2	1	22	44

First Win: Big Nose Dancer at Hastings Park

Biggest Win(s): Mishill, 3 year old Champion at Emerald Downs, 1998 Horse of the Year

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