| Dale Romans |
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| Occupation |
Trainer |
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| Born |
August 14, 1966
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Career wins |
1,000+ (ongoing) |
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| Major racing wins, honours and awards |
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| Major racing wins |
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Fayette Stakes (2003)
Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004)
Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (2004)
Secretariat Stakes (2004, 2010)
Tropical Park Derby (2004)
Virginia Derby (2004, 2010)
Whitney Handicap (2004)
Bertram F. Bongard Stakes (2005)
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (2005, 2011)
Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap (2005, 2007)
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap (2005)
Sleepy Hollow Stakes (2005)
Dogwood Stakes (2006)
Gardenia Stakes (2004, 2008)
Sunshine Millions Oaks (2006, 2008)
Swale Stakes (2006, 2008)
West Virginia Derby (2006)
Sunshine Millions Distaff (2007)
Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (2008)
Delaware Handicap (2009)
Ruffian Handicap (2009)
Sixty Sails Handicap (2009)
Palm Beach Stakes (2004, 2007, 2010)
Colonial Turf Cup (2010)
Virginia Derby (2010)
Secretariat Stakes (2010)
Dixie Stakes (2011)
Just a Game Handicap (2011)
Shoemaker Mile Stakes (2009)
Delta Princess Stakes (2009)
Fair Grounds Oaks (2010)
Preakness Stakes (2011)
Humana Distaff Handicap (2011)
Princess Rooney Handicap (2011)
Winning Colors Stakes (2011)
Pocahontas Stakes (2009, 2010)
Golden Rod Stakes (2010)
Derby Trial (2009)
Matt Winn Stakes (2007, 2008)
La Troienne Stakes (2006)
Canadian Turf Handicap (2011)
Breeders' Cup / American Classics wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2009)
Preakness Stakes (2011)
Breeders' Cup Mile (2011)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2012)
International race wins:
Dubai World Cup (2005) |
| Racing awards |
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| Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer (2012) |
| Significant horses |
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| Kitten's Joy, Paddy O'Prado, Roses in May, Shackleford, Sharp Humor, Swift Temper, Tapitsfly, Sassy Image, Thorn Song, C.S. Silk, First Dude, Dullahan |
Dale L. Romans (born August 14, 1966 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
The son of a trainer, Dale Romans is best known for training the winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes, Shackleford. He grew up around horse racing at Churchill Downs. At age eighteen he embarked on a career as a trainer, getting his first winner on February 15, 1987 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Among his most successful horses, Kitten's Joy won the 2004 Secretariat Stakes and the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap as his only two Grade I wins. He also ran second to Better Talk Now in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf. This was enough to be voted the Eclipse Award for American Champion Male Turf Horse. In 2005 Roses in May provided Romans with the biggest payday of his career to date when he won the $6 million Dubai World Cup. He collected his first Breeders' Cup win in 2009 when Tapitsfly won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
