James M. Kasparoff (born January 9, 1974) is a retired California horse trainer whose premier horse, Bob Black Jack, raced in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
He trains a stable of five horses[1] owned by his brother Tim Kasparoff and Jeff Harmon.
[2] Bob Black Jack won the California Breeders' Champion Stakes 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 Stakes at Santa Anita.
[1] The horse was the 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.