LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 29, 2008) – Jockey Julien Leparoux, trainer Mike Maker and owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey concluded their assault on the Churchill Downs record book in scoring dazzling victories their respective categories as the 26-day Fall Meet at the historic home of the Kentucky Derby concluded on Saturday, Nov. 29.

Leparoux earned his fourth title as “leading jockey” at the Louisville track with four victories on the meet’s closing day that brought his record victory total for the autumn racing session to 63. Maker collected his first “leading trainer” title at the Louisville track after saddling a record 31 Fall Meet winners that included two on the meet’s final day. The Ramseys earned a record 14th “leading owner” crown as horses owned by the Nicholasville, Ky. couple won 24 races to break a record that stood for 33 years.. 

It was their seventh Fall Meet crown, which pulled them into a tie with the late John Franks for most fall titles. The Ramseys are now competing only against themselves when it comes to the record for “leading owner” titles under the Twin Spires. But their final tally of 24 wins during the 26-day meet nearly doubled the previous Fall Meet record of 15 victories set by T. Alie Grissom during a 23-day session in 1965. So thorough was the dominance by the red-and-white clad Ramsey horses that the stable threatened the record for wins in the track’s much longer Spring Meet. That record belongs to A.J. Foyt Jr., whose horses won 27 races during the track’s 93-day Spring Meet in 1984.