James Kasparoff is a California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 horse trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

 whose premier horse, Bob Black Jack

Bob Black Jack

Bob Black Jack is a California-bred colt by Stormy Jack , out of the mare Molly's Prospector. He also holds the Santa Anita Racetrack track record for six as well as seven furlongs....

, raced in the 2008 Kentucky Derby

2008 Kentucky Derby

The 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008 with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history. Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.Big Brown won the race by nearly...

. He trains a stable of five horses owned by his brother Tim Kasparoff and Jeff Harmon.

Bob Black Jack won the California Breeders' Champion Stakes

California Breeders' Champion Stakes

California Breeders' Champion Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1935 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2011 it will be in its 72nd running....

 as a two-year-old, giving Kasparoff his first career stakes winner, and later set a track record for six furlongs in the Sunshine Millions Dash

Sunshine Millions Dash

The Sunshine Millions Dash is an American race for thoroughbred horses held in January as part of the eight-race Sunshine Millions series. Run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida...

 Stakes at Santa Anita. The horse was the very last entry accepted to the 2008 Kentucky Derby. He led the first half of the race before falling back in the pack, ultimately finishing 16th.

Kasparoff blogged about the 2008 Derby for the New York Times.