 | | Kristen Watanabe
Trainer
On January 21, Kristen Watanabe sent out her first winner ever at Los Alamitos Race Course when the 5-year-old sprinter Gordon RB won the evening’s 10th race. Watanabe now has her first futurity trial winner after Samuel Henderson’s First Outburst upset the field to win his heat to the Golden State.
Watanabe began training in 2010 after a decade of working for 1997 AQHA Champion Trainer Donna McArthur. For many years, Watanabe was side-by-side with McArthur in the winner’s circle for stakes wins recorded by champions Corona Kool and Deelish. For 11 years, Watanabe also dated the highly respected jockey Sam Thompson, who passed away in December 2008 following a riding accident at Los Alamitos Race Course.
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