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THOMAS ALBERTRANI

THOMAS ALBERTRANI
Birthdate - March 21, 1958
Birthplace - Brooklyn, NY
Residence - Garden City, NY
Family - Wife Fonda, daughters Teal and Noelle

2016 RECORD

317 - 33, 41, 44 

$2,796,029

2016 NYRA RECORD

231 - 21, 28, 35 

$2,077,047

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPION

Bernardini: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2006)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Trained Bernardini, who won the Preakness, Jim Dandy, Travers, and Jockey Club Gold Cup en route to Champion 3-Year-Old Male honors

* Won the 2013 Grade 2 Pan American Handicap with Twilight Eclipse, who set a world record for 1 ½ miles on the turf (2:22.63)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* After riding as an apprentice, began galloping horses for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott at age 22 and became Mott’s assistant in 1986

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Began as a hotwalker at 13 for his uncle, trainer Jack Abatemarco, at Belmont Park

FIRST WINNER

* Ashraaf, June 18, 2003, Belmont Park

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Balletto: Frizette (2004)

Barrier Reef: Stymie (2009); Evening Attire (2009); Whirlaway (2008)

Bernardini: Jockey Club Gold Cup (2006); Travers (2006); Jim Dandy (2006); Preakness (2006); Withers (2006)

Better Lucky: First Lady (2013); Matriarch (2012); Sands Point (2012)

Brilliant Speed: Saranac (2011); Blue Grass (2011)

Buffum: Bold Ruler (2012)

Criticism: Long Island (2008-09); Sheepshead Bay (2009)

Empire Dreams: Empire Classic (2015); Commentator (2015); NYSS Great White Way

(2013)

Flashing: Nassau County (2009)

Giant Run: Manila (2016)

Gozzip Girl: American Oaks (2009); Sands Point (2009)

Hemsworth: Nashua (2016)

Libreta: NYSS Park Avenue (2016)

Love Cove: Ticonderoga (2008)

Miss Frost: Riskaverse (2014)

Oratory: Peter Pan (2005)

Raw Silk: Sands Point (2008)

Ready for Rye: Quick Call (2015); Allied Forces (2015)

Romansh: Excelsior H. (2014); Discovery H. (2013); Curlin (2013)

Saga Moon: Busanda (2007)

Salic Law: Awad (2005)

Sauvage: Sheepshead Bay (2005)

Silvestris: Ruthless (2006)

Snowbell: Comely (2014)

Songster: Woody Stephens (2006)

Souper Speedy: Jaipur (2013)

Stage Luck: Affectionately (2008)

Toasting: Sky Beauty (2014)

Twilight Eclipse: Man o’ War (2015)

Woodlander: Lexington (2005)

Zada Belle: Interborough (2009)

Zo Impressive: Mother Goose (2012)

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