Corey Nakatani

Corey Nakatani, born on 21 October 1970, is a retired American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred jockey who won 3,909 races. A former champion high school wrestler, he came to racing at sixteen after a visit to Santa Anita, learned the work on a Thoroughbred farm, won his first race in Caliente, Mexico in 1988 and became the leading apprentice in Southern California in 1989. He won ten Breeders' Cup races, including three Breeders' Cup Sprints in a row from 1996 to 1998, two Kentucky Oaks and four Strub Stakes, and took ten riding titles at Santa Anita, Del Mar and Hollywood Park. A serious fall at Del Mar in August 2018 ended his riding, and he announced his retirement in November 2019 before his induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2023.