Corey Nakatani

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Corey Nakatani
Occupation:	Jockey
Birthplace:	Covina, California, United States
Birth date:	October 21, 1970 (1970-10-21) (age 37)
Career wins:	3000+ (ongoing)
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Coaching Club American Oaks (1991) Kentucky Oaks (1991, 1996) Del Mar Futurity (1993) Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1993) Lane's End Stakes (1995) Beverly D. Stakes (1995, 2001) Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (1996) San Felipe Stakes (1996, 2006) Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1997) Beldame Stakes (1998) Champagne Stakes (1998) Garden City Breeders' Cup Handicap (1998, 2001) Super Derby (1998) Landaluce Stakes (2000) Santa Anita Handicap (2000, 2006, 2007) Frizette Stakes (2004) Sunshine Millions Fillies & Mares Sprint (2004) Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile (2006) Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap (2006) Hollywood Gold Cup (2006, 2007) Sunshine Millions Classic (2006) Fair Grounds Oaks (2007) First Lady Stakes (2007) San Rafael Stakes (2007) Sunshine Millions Turf (2007) Commonwealth Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007) Santa Anita Derby (2008) International race wins: Molson Export Million (1994) Dubai Golden Shaheen (2001) Canadian International Stakes (2005) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Distaff (1996) Breeders' Cup Sprint (1996, 1997, 1998) Breeders' Cup Mile (1999) Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2004)
Significant Horses
Lite Light, Serena's Song, Silic Lava Man, Notional, Colonel John

Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

As of 2006, Nakatani has won more than 3000 races including the Kentucky Oaks twice, the Canadian International Stakes, the Dubai Golden Shaheen, and seven Breeders' Cups, three of which were won consecutively between 1996 and 1998 in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. In 2006, he ranked sixth among United States jockeys with 145 wins on 738 mounts, with earnings of $14,001,900.

Corey Nakatani is married to his second wife, Lisa, and has a daughter, Brittany, and two sons, Matthew and Austin, from a previous marriage. His late father Roy Nakatani, a Japanese American, was born in a World War II internment camp and spent time at Santa Anita Park when it was a relocation camp. Corey's mother is Marie Nakatani and he is one of 10 children. Corey was a champion high school wrestler who became intrigued by racing after visiting Santa Anita with his father. He graduated from jockey school in Castaic, California, and won his first race, a dead heat, in Caliente, Mexico in 1988 aboard Blue King. ^[1]

Corey Nakatani won his 3,000th race at Santa Anita Park on Memorial Day, May 29, 2006.

He is an outstanding golfer who carries a three handicap.

Nakatani's agent is retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens.^[2]

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