DAVID JACOBSON

2016 RECORD

497 - 85, 85, 77 

$4,720,153

2016 NYRA RECORD

340 - 60, 60, 54 

$3,627,979

NEW YORK TRAINING TITLES

* 2015 Aqueduct spring, 8 wins

* 2014-15 Aqueduct inner track, 37

* 2014 NYRA, 133

* 2014 Aqueduct fall, 28

* 2014 Aqueduct winter/spring

* 2013 NYRA, 164 (record)

* 2013 Aqueduct fall, 25

* 2013 Belmont spring/summer, 44

* 2013 Aqueduct spring

* 2012 NYRA, 110 (tie)

* 2012 Aqueduct fall, 19

* 2012 Belmont fall, 21 (tie)

* 2011-12 Aqueduct inner track, 39

* 2011 Belmont fall, 15

* 2011 Aqueduct spring, 9 (tie)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Set a NYRA record for wins in a single year in 2013 with 164; also set a Belmont spring meet record with 44 wins

* Won the 2013 Grade 1 Forego with Strapping Groom, a $35,000 claim

* Claimed Saginaw for $30,000; the New York bred gelding went on to win six stakes in 2012 and finish the year with 10 wins, tied for the most in North America

* Won his first stakes and first steeplechase with $30,000 claim Mabou in the 2011 Grade 1 New York Turf Writers Cup

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Jacobson is the son of the late Howard “Buddy” Jacobson, five-time leading trainer in New York; he also worked for Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel in California

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Returned to training in 2007 after a 25-year absence, during which time he sold real estate; currently assisted by his brother, Douglas

FIRST WINNER

* Split Infinitive, July 3, 1976, Monmouth Park

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Be Bullish: Hollie Hughes (2014)

Big Business: Alex M. Robb (2014)

Candyman E: Toboggan (2014)

Mabou: New York Turf Writers Cup Steeplechase H. (2011)

Room for Me: Garland of Roses (2015)

Saginaw: John Morrissey (2013); Affirmed Success H. (2013); Hollie Hughes (2013);

Gravesend H. (2012); John Morrissey (2012); Affirmed Success (2012)

Salutos Amigos: Carter H. (2016); Tom Fool H. (2015-16); Toboggan (2015); Gravesend (2014); Fall Highweight H. (2014); Bold Ruler H. (2014)

Stallwalkin’ Dude: Gravesend (2016); Bold Ruler H. (2016); Tale of the Cat (2015-16); Diablo (2015)

Strapping Groom: Tom Fool H. (2014); Gravesend H. (2013); Forego (2013)