Trainer Jeff Mullins sent out his 1,000th career winner on Sunday at Santa Anita Park when Gregory Unruh’s A Shore Thing scored a three-length victory in the first race. Mullins began his training career at age 17 when he took a string of horses to Les Bois Park in Idaho and conditioned them under his father’s name for several years. His success as a trainer began at Turf Paradise in Arizona prior to a move to California.

Mullins’s runners have earned $26,748,907 in purses and won 73 stakes and 24 graded stakes. His top performers include Santa Anita Derby (G1) winners Buddy Gil (2003), Castledale (Ire) (’04), and Buzzards Bay (’05), and recently deceased Wild Fit, whom he sent out to win the 2005 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1)

Mullins has four winners from 43 starters at Santa Anita through Sunday. In 2006, Mullins ranked 26th nationally among trainers by earnings, with $3,915,705.
Source: www.thoroughbredtimes.com