Born: October 29, 1974
Birthplace: Huron, South Dakota
Residence: Shakopee, MN
Family: Single
Started Training: 2000, CanterburyPark
First Win: 2000, Blue Rocket, CanterburyPark
Circuit: TampaBay Downs, Canterbury Park
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Year
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Starts
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Earnings
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W rank
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W %
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ITM %
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2008-2009 meet
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223
|
62
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36
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32
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$635,745
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1st
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27.8
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58.3
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2007-2008
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199
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68*
|
31
|
28
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$959,710*
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1st
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34.1
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63.8
|
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2006-2007 meet
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120
|
38
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25
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11
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$425,176
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1st
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31.7
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61.7
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2005-2006 meet
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61
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11
|
7
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4
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Info pending
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14th
|
18.0
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36.1
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* denotes track record
Jamie Ness earned his first training title in the 2006-07 campaign; this year, the South Dakota native took home his trid straigt training title with 62 wins in 94 days of racing. Ness has experienced great success not only with the existing horses in his barn but with his recent claims as well. “I make my living out of the claiming box,” says Ness of his success with newly acquired horses. “I do my homework and study the horses on and off the track, and I look at the trainers’ tendencies. I don’t have two-year-olds and I don’t have stakes horses. It’s a blue-collar barn so I need to know what I’ve got.” His biggest success story is multiple Tampa Bay Downs stakes winner Lookinforthesecret. Ness claimed Lookinforthesecret for $12,500 at the beginning of the 2006-07 Tampa Bay Downs meet, and within five starts moved the gelding from the claiming ranks to stakes caliber.
Ness gained an interest in horse racing through both his father and grandfather. “My grandfather took me to the track when I was four years old, and I’ve been hooked ever since,” say Ness. He cites his greatest influence in the sport as his father, saying, “My father was a trainer, and I grew up in the summers going to tracks with him to work. Racing got into my blood at an early age. My father is a very good horseman and he showed me how to do it the hard way, without any big owners or big horses.” Ness has had great success with his “blue-collar” horses and though he keeps his barn open to many jockeys, he credits Daniel Centeno as his go-to rider. When he’s not at the barn – “which isn’t often!” he says, he plays basketball at local gyms.