Career
He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races. In 1987 Perret rode Bet Twice to victory in the Belmont Stakes. Of his more than 4,400 career victories to date, he has also had major stakes race wins including the Florida Derby, Acorn Stakes, Pimlico Special, Travers Stakes, Haskell Invitational Handicap and the Wood Memorial Stakes.
Craig Perret and his family live on a farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky and operate a small full-breed breeding operation.
In 1994, Craig Perret was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame and in 2006 into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. In 2006 he was also nominated for induction in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.