(1943-01-27) January 27, 1943 (age 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Career wins
1,032+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Hollywood Derby (1994) Molson Million (1994) Acorn Stakes (1995) Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile (1995, 1996) Landaluce Stakes (1995) San Marcos Stakes (1995) Pat O'Brien Handicap (1996) San Antonio Handicap (1996) San Pasqual Handicap (1996) Santa Paula Stakes (1996, 2001) Jim Dandy Stakes (1997) Lexington Stakes (1997) San Carlos Handicap (1997) San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes (1997) Haskell Invitational Handicap (1997) Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2000) Blue Grass Stakes (2001) Hollywood Futurity (2001) Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (2001) Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks (2002) Arlington Matron Handicap (2004) Santa Margarita Handicap (2004) Bing Crosby Handicap (2005) Las Virgenes Stakes (2006) Del Mar Futurity (2010)
Canadian Triple Crown wins: Queen's Plate (1997)
U.S. Triple Crown series: Belmont Stakes (1997)
Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Classic (1996) Breeders' Cup Distaff (2003) Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (2008)
David E. Hofmans (born January 27, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, when he was a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College, he became friends with Gary Jones, the son of a horse trainer and a future trainer himself. Hofmans began learning the business as a groom and hot walker for Jones' father.
As a professional trainer, Hofmans earned his first win in 1974 at Santa Anita Racetrack. After success on California race tracks, in 1996 he gained national attention as the trainer of Alphabet Soup, who defeated the great Cigar in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Training for prominent horseman and Magna Entertainment Corp. chair Frank Stronach, in 1997 Hofmans won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, with Awesome Again and won the Belmont Stakes that saw his colt Touch Gold end Silver Charm's bid for the U.S.Triple Crown. Hofmans won his second Breeders' Cup race in 2003 when Adoration captured the Breeders' Cup Distaff and his third with Desert Code's victory in the 2008 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
In 2006, Hofmans was nominated for induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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Walden Prestonwood Farm Fast 2:29.16 1997 Touch Gold Chris McCarron DavidHofmans Frank Stronach Fast 2:28.82 1996 Editor's Note René R. Douglas D. Wayne...
Swynford Stakes. Sent to race in the United States under new trainer DavidHofmans, Touch Gold won a 6-furlong allowance race at Santa Anita Park, then...
2010) Most wins by a trainer: 2 – Brian A. Mayberry (1992, 1994) 2 – DavidHofmans (1996, 2001) 3 – Bob Baffert (2004, 2005, 2015) Most wins by an owner:...
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1874. Albert, Benjamin B.; Cameron-Smith, David; Hofman, Paul L.; Cutfield, Wayne S. (2013). "Oxidation of Marine Omega-3 Supplements...
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Mandella Randall D. Hubbard 1:47.38 1996 Alphabet Soup 5 Chris Antley DavidHofmans Ridder Stable 1:49.96 1995 Best Pal 7 Chris McCarron Richard Mandella...
Court Jack Carava La Canada Stable 1:08.79 2005 Greg's Gold David R. Flores DavidHofmans William R. Boswell 1:08.04 2004 Kela Tyler Baze Mike R. Mitchell...
raced for Stronach Stable as a homebred. He was originally trained by DavidHofmans, then was switched to Patrick B. Byrne's stable in 1998. At maturity...
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business partners, and longtime friends. Northern Afleet was trained by DavidHofmans. Northern Afleet started three times as a juvenile, winning his debut...
living room, the couples playing as partners, the Hofmans versus the Bennetts. After midnight, as the Hofmans began to pull ahead, the Bennetts began to bicker...
LaCombe 1+1⁄8 1:50.00 $250,000 II 1997 Awesome Again Mike E. Smith DavidHofmans Frank Stronach 1+1⁄8 1:51.16 $250,000 II 1996 Louis Quatorze Pat Day...
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