Rafael Bejarano won his fifth overall, and fourth straight Del Mar leading rider title and Jerry Hollendorfer won his first solo training championship as Del Mar’s 2015 season came to a close on Labor Day (Monday, September 7).
The 33-year-old Peruvian jockey registered 40 firsts at the 40-day session to win comfortably over Flavien Prat, who recorded 30 wins in his first season at Del Mar.
Bejarano won his first Del Mar title in 2008 and was back on top to stay in 2012. Bejarano’s 2015 win total gave him 180 wins during his four-year reign atop the standings.
Hall of Famer Hollendorfer, 69, has been nearly invincible over the past three decades with dozens of meet titles in Northern California and got his name in the Del Mar record book for the first time in 2014 when he shared the title with Peter Miller with 20 wins each.
The race came down to the final day again this season, Hollendorfer entering it with a two-win edge and maintained it when neither man saddled a winner.
Hollendorfer finished with 22 wins in the 40-day meeting, two more than his 2014 total. Miller had 20 for the second year in a row.
| Jockey Standings | ||||||
| (Current Through Monday, September 7, 2015 Inclusive) | ||||||
| Jockey | Mts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Win% | Money Won |
| Rafael Bejarano | 223 | 40 | 42 | 30 | 18% | $2,580,590 |
| Flavien Prat | 194 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 15% | $2,222,694 |
| Joseph Talamo | 196 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 14% | $1,601,448 |
| Tyler Baze | 216 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 12% | $1,711,242 |
| Mario Gutierrez | 143 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 18% | $1,614,256 |
| Santiago Gonzalez | 183 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 13% | $1,366,186 |
| Kent Desormeaux | 108 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 19% | $1,147,144 |
| Martin Garcia | 142 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13% | $1,310,580 |
| Corey Nakatani | 89 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 18% | $768,816 |
| Tiago Pereira | 109 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 13% | $600,510 |
| Trainer Standings | ||||||
| (Current Through Monday, September 7, 2015 Inclusive) | ||||||
| Trainer | Sts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Win% | Money Won |
| Jerry Hollendorfer | 104 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 21% | $1,535,072 |
| Peter Miller | 141 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 14% | $1,375,276 |
| Doug F. O'Neill | 110 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 15% | $1,521,300 |
| Richard Baltas | 79 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 20% | $860,956 |
| Philip D'Amato | 91 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15% | $1,039,582 |
| Bob Baffert | 66 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 20% | $1,083,920 |
| Mike Puype | 79 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 15% | $671,302 |
| John W. Sadler | 60 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 18% | $645,734 |
| Robert B. Hess, Jr. | 59 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 19% | $395,842 |
| Richard E. Mandella | 42 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19% | $1,588,626 |