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Hollendorfer claimed him for $ 16,000. Hollendorfer's earnings were over $ 1 million for the first time. In 1986, he won his first trainer titles at both Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields, starting a streak of 37 consecutive training titles at Bay Meadows and 32 titles in a row at Golden Gate. The streak was snapped in the 2008 spring meeting at Golden Gate, when he finished in a tie for second.
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in 2011. ""Blind Luck was the final kick in the pants that got me in here," he said. "We took her everywhere and she never let us down for one minute. The East Coast is important and sometimes they don't know what we do out on the West Coast but there are a lot of very good horses and trainers there
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Hollendorfer struggled for the first six years of his career, saddling a total of 59 winners over the period. In 1985, the number of winners grew to 56 and then to 117 in 1986. In 1986, he also won his first stakes race with Novel Sprite, who won over $ 400,000 and was named the national
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435:. "I've been blessed to have been in this business as long as I have," said Hollendorfer. "It's a lot of work and nobody can do it by themselves. You have to have excellent help, excellent owners and excellent horses."
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December 3, 2015. "The whole barn loved him. We really miss him and his name comes up often," said Hollendorfer. "Sometimes there are things that happen you just can't put into words."
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