Wayne Potts
Birth Date: December 30, 1980
Birth Place: Rockville, MD
STATISTICS: | STARTS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | MONEY |
2017 | 338 | 51 | 45 | 47 | $972,080 |
CAREER | 2,527 | 350 | 358 | 330 | $5,800,699 |
2017 SEASON: won 23 races during the year in Maryland, including three from 17 starters at the Timonium State Fair meet … had his best meet at Laurel summer, finishing with seven wins and $145,062 in purse earnings.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: won 20 races in 2016 in Maryland…most productive meet was Laurel fall, finishing with eight wins and $227,900 in purse earnings…also won six races at Laurel’s winter-spring stand…saddled the most starters at Timonium’s 10-day state fair meet with 24, ranking sixth in purse earnings ($39,770)…topped $1 million in purse earnings for the third consecutive year…finished 2015 with 26 victories on the Maryland circuit…ranked in the top 10 at the Laurel Park winter meet with nine wins…reached career highs in both wins (81) and purse earnings ($1,324,771)…first victory was with Outwit at Charles Town on June 11, 2004…trained horses for former Maryland Jockey Club racing analyst Frank Carulli early in his career.
PERSONAL: hot walker for Charles Town-based trainer David Rose from 2001-2004