Wayne M. Catalano (born July 24, 1956 in
) is a former
jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...
and current
trainer in
American
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Thoroughbred horse racing
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who has won three
Breeders' Cup
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World Championship races and trained two
Eclipse Award
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An Eclipse Award Trophy is presented to the winner in each division that is made by a few small selected American ...
Champions.
Jockey career
Wayne Catalano began riding in 1974, learning the business under
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer
Jack Van Berg
John Charles "Jack" Van Berg (June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska – December 27, 2017) was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father was the Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg. Both father and son have ...
. In 1977 Catalano won 349 races, finishing second to
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960) is a retired American jockey.
In 1977 he became the first jockey to win over $6 million in a year working with agent Lenny Goodman, and in 1978 he became the youngest jockey to win the U. S. ...
in the
national standings. Knee injuries ended his riding career in mid April 1983 after having won 1,792 races.
Training career
Catalano immediately turned to training after his riding career ended. Working from a base in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, he won his first training title in 1987 at
Hawthorne Race Course
Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago.
The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating syst ...
and earned another in 1989 and again in 2004. He won back-to-back training titles in 1988-1989 at
Sportsman's Park Racetrack and between 2000 and 2010 won nine training titles at
Arlington Park
Arlington International Racecourse (formerly Arlington Park, the name was Arlington Park Jockey Club from as soon as 1948 up to 1955) was a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago regi ...
.
In 2006, Wayne Catalano won the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a -mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the Uni ...
with
Dreaming of Anna
Dreaming of Anna (February 5, 2004 – January 9, 2018) was an American thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
She was sired by the outstanding English and American stud, Rahy out of the Broad Brush mare, Justenuffheart, who was a multi-graded stak ...
and a second time in 2008 with
She Be Wild
She Be Wild (foaled March 7, 2007, in Kentucky), is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
She Be Wild was sired by Offlee Wild, who was sired by Wild Again. She is out of the mare Trapping, who is by Seeking The Gold, a son of the influ ...
. Both were voted
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
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The award originated in 1936 when both t ...
honors.
In 2011, Catalano won his third Breeders Cup event, capturing the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
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with
Stephanie's Kitten.
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References
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1956 births
Living people
American jockeys
American horse trainers
Sportspeople from New Orleans