JAMES A. JERKENS

2016 RECORD

199 - 40, 42, 21 

$4,259,123

2016 NYRA RECORD

155 - 31, 31, 17 

$3,255,613

NEW YORK TRAINING TITLES

* 1999-2000 Aqueduct inner track, 23 (tie)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Trained Shaman Ghost, the Sovereign Award 2015 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt

* In 2014 won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial and Grade 2 Jim Dandy with Wicked Strong and finishing 1-2 in the Grade 1 Travers with V. E. Day and Wicked Strong

* Picked up his first Travers victory in 2010 when Afleet Express skimmed the rail to beat Fly Down by a nose

* Won the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile in 2007 with Corinthian

* Saddled Quality Road to a track record victory (1:47.72) in the 2009 Florida Derby

* Artie Schiller set a course record of 1:45.50 in the 2004 Jamaica at Belmont Park and the following year gave Jerkens his first Breeders’ Cup victory by winning the Mile

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Followed Hall of Fame father H. Allen Jerkens, for whom he worked as an assistant for many years, into the business

FIRST WINNER

* Ninth Inning, Sept. 28, 1997, Belmont

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Afleet Express: Travers (2010)

Artie Schiller: Breeders’ Cup Mile (2005); Bernard Baruch (2005); Jamaica (2004); Hall of Fame H. (2004); Hill Prince (2004)

Beau de Beaupre: Damon Runyon (2010)

Big E E: Withers (2000)

Christmas Kid: Ashland (2007)

Celtic Melody: Humana Distaff (2002)

Classic Point: Go For Wand H. (2014); Punkin Pie (2014)

Corinthian: Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (2007); Metropolitan H. (2007)

Dat You Miz Blue: Garland of Roses H. (2002); Iroquois H. (2002); Vagrancy H. (2001); Broadway H. (2001)

Dina: Rare Treat (2007)

Doremifasolatido: Matron (2008)

Effinex: Suburban H. (2015-16); Clark H. (2015); Excelsior (2015); Empire Classic H. (2014)

Grand Champion: Fall Highweight H. (2007)

Haggs Castle: NYSS Cormorant (2002)

House Rules: Top Flight H. (2015)

Iron Deputy: Brooklyn (2003); Count Fleet (2002)

Karakorum Splendor: NYSS Statue of Liberty (2005), NYSS Fifth Avenue (2004)

Lager: Stuyvesant (2000); Excelsior (2000)

Lord Langfuhr: Alex M. Robb (2004)

Manipulated: Rockville Centre (2015)

Mint Lane: Dwyer (2008)

Multiple Choice: Jaipur H. (2004); Sport Page (2002); Gravesend (2002)

Ninth Inning: Astarita (1997)

Pocus Hocus: Turnback the Alarm (2003)

Put It Back: Best Turn (2001)

Quality Road: Florida Derby (2009)

Ring True: Dearly Precious (2006)

Shaman Ghost: Woodward (2016); Brooklyn Inv. (2016)

Silentlea: Astarita (1999)

Sir Greeley: Toboggan (2008); Westchester (2006)

Smokey Glacken: Distaff (2006); Floral Park (2005); Victory Ride (2004); Valley Stream (2003)

Snake Mountain: Stymie (2003); Aqueduct (2003); Queens County (2002); Stuyvesant (2002)

Tiger: Bold Ruler (2006)

Touching Beauty: Comely (2010)

Tricky Zippy: Union Avenue (2015)

Unified: Peter Pan (2016); Bay Shore (2016)

V. E. Day: Travers (2014); Curlin (2014)

Wicked Strong: Jim Dandy (2014); Wood Memorial (2014)

Win with Beck: Mohawk (2005)

Winter Dreams: Bouwerie (2000)

Wrangler: Paumonok (2002)

Zaftig: Acorn (2008); Nassau County (2008)