MICHAEL MATZ

2016 RECORD

249 - 35, 30, 34 

$1,687,864

2016 NYRA RECORD

18 - 2, 2, 3 

$154,406

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Picked up his second Classic victory when Union Rags nipped Paynter in the final strides of the 2012 Belmont Stakes

* Won the 2011 Saratoga Special and Champagne with Union Rags, second by a nose to Hansen in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

* Won the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Distaff with Round Pond, his first Breeders’ Cup starter

* Saddled Barbaro to a 6 ¼-length triumph in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, the largest margin of victory since 1946

* Won his first $1 million race when Kicken Kris took the Arlington Million in 2004

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Inducted into the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 2005 after retiring as the leading American money earner in the sport’s history

* As an equestrian, won eight Pan American Games medals, including five gold, and was part of the United States team that won gold for team jumping at the 1986 Show Jumping World Championships in Aachen

* Rode on the United States Olympic Equestrian team in 1976, 1992, and 1996, earning a team silver medal the final year

* Carried the American flag during the 1996 Olympic closing ceremonies in Atlanta

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Began training thoroughbred race horses after retiring as an equestrian

FIRST WINNER

* Don Gato, Aug. 22, 1997, Monmouth Park

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Barbaro: Kentucky Derby (2006); Florida Derby (2006)

Hard Not to Like: Jenny Wiley (2014)

Kicken Kris: Arlington Million (2004); Bowling Green H. (2004); Lawrence Realization H. (2003); Secretariat (2003)

Lady Dora: Pebbles H. (2000)

Round Pond: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (2006)

Saint Marden: Discovery H. (2002)

Somali Lemonade: Diana (2014)

Teeth of the Dog: Dwyer (2012); Easy Goer (2012)

Union Rags: Belmont (2012); Champagne (2011); Saratoga Special (2011)