Category Archives: The Interviews
Juan”JJ” Hernandez has had a rapid ascent to success in Northern California racing. Since he arrived at Golden Gate Fields from Mexico City in 2008 he has ridden over 1000 winners for purse earnings of more than $18,000,000. JJ talked to Thoroughbred People about his riding career so far.The Interviews: Bloodstock Agent & ex-Trainer Greg Gilchrist
After a successful training career in which he trained 1529 winners for purses of over $24 million, Greg Gilchrist handled good horses like Lost In The Fog, Soviet Problem, Work The Crowd, Wild Wonder, Smokey Stover and Victorina. Greg now operates as a bloodstock agent for a select number of clients. Greg talked to us about his life in racing.The Interviews: Former Professional Baseball Player Now Trainer, Frank Lucarelli
In 1979 Frank Lucarelli left the world of professional baseball to start a career as a racehorse trainer. Currently running a diverse operation racing horses each year in Washington, California and Arizona, Frank has now trained over 1500 winners. Frank talked to us about his training, some of the horses that have been through his hands and his views on the current state of thoroughbred racing in California and the Pacific North West. The Interviews: Hard Charging Jockey California Jockey Billy Antongeorgi
New York born jockey William “Billy” Antongeorgi III has so far ridden close to 800 winners for purse money earnings of over $14,500,000 so far in his career. After spells riding in Southern California and at Philadelphia Park he is currently riding very successfully at Golden Gate. Billy talked to Thoroughbred People. The Interviews: Thoroughbred Farm Owner and Ex-Jockey Bobby Gonzalez
From riding match races as a teenager in the outreaches of Mexico to becoming one of the winning most riders in California with over 4400 winners and $64 million dollars in prize money, Bobby Gonzalez now owns and runs a layup facility in Brentwood, California. Bobby talked to us about his career.The Interviews: Bloodstock Agent and ex-Trainer Mary Knight
After training horses early on in her career with Bobby Frankel and later her husband Chay, Mary Knight has become one of California’s most successful and reputable Sales Consigners and Bloodstock Agents. Mary talked to Thoroughbred People about her life in racing and her views on the current state of the sport.
Ricky Gonzalez is creating quite a stir on the Northern California circuit. After just over three years of riding in the USA he has already ridden close to 500 winners that have earned over $8 million in purses. We talked to Ricky about the successful start he has made and how he got into racing.
Vancouver, BC born trainer Bill McLean now runs a consistent and successful barn at Golden Gate Fields. Bill tells us about his career to date, his memories growing up around horses on a thoroughbred farm in Canada and his experiences training in Canada and the US. 
Golden Gate fields based trainer Bill Delia had a successful career as a rider for 20 years before he started training in 1985. Bill rode over 650 winners as a jockey and has won over 800 races as a trainer. Currently working with a barn of around 30 horses at Golden Gate Fields, Bill talked to Thoroughbred People about his riding and training careers.