2019 Media Guide NYRA.com 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORY 2 Table of Conents 3 General Information 4 History of The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) 5 NYRA Officers and Officials 6 Belmont Park History 7 Belmont Park Specifications & Map 8 Saratoga Race Course History 9 Saratoga Leading Jockeys and Trainers TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE 10 Saratoga Race Course Specifications & Map 11 Saratoga Walk of Fame 12 Aqueduct Racetrack History 13 Aqueduct Racetrack Specifications & Map 14 NYRA Bets 15 Digital NYRA 16-17 NYRA Personalities & NYRA en Espanol 18 NYRA & Community/Cares 19 NYRA & Safety 20 Handle & Attendance Page OWNERS 21-41 Owner Profiles 42 2018 Leading Owners TRAINERS 43-83 Trainer Profiles 84 Leading Trainers in New York 1935-2018 85 2018 Trainer Standings JOCKEYS 85-101 Jockey Profiles 102 Jockeys that have won six or more races in one day 102 Leading Jockeys in New York (1941-2018) 103 2018 NYRA Leading Jockeys BELMONT STAKES 106 History of the Belmont Stakes 113 Belmont Runners 123 Belmont Owners 132 Belmont Trainers 138 Belmont Jockeys 144 Triple Crown Profiles TRAVERS STAKES 160 History of the Travers Stakes 169 Travers Owners 173 Travers Trainers 176 Travers Jockeys 29 The Whitney 2 2019 Media Guide NYRA.com AQUEDUCT RACETRACK 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. South Ozone Park, NY 11420 2019 Racing Dates Winter/Spring: January 1 - April 20 BELMONT PARK 2150 Hempstead Turnpike Elmont, NY, 11003 2019 Racing Dates Spring/Summer: April 26 - July 7 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL SARATOGA RACE COURSE 267 Union Ave. Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 2019 Racing Dates Summer: July 11 - September 2 Contact Us: Press Office: (718) 659-2244 [email protected] Customer Service: (718) 641-4700 Box Office: (844) NYRA-TIX Horseman’s Relations: (718) 659-2205 Track Photographer: (718) 659-2292 Racing Office: Inside New York: (800) 221-6266 Outside New York: (800) 221-6267 @TheNYRA www.nyra.com For explanations of stewards’ decisions please visit Stewards’ Corner at NYRA.com GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL 2019 Media Guide NYRA.com 3 HISTORY OF NYRA HISTORY Created more than 60 years ago so that New York State could share in the boom in racing that followed World War II, The New York Racing Association, Inc., (NYRA) holds the exclusive right to conduct racing at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course. NYRA tracks are the cornerstone of New York State’s thoroughbred industry, which is responsible for 19,000 jobs and more than $3 billion in annual economic impact to New York State. Over the course of 219 days of live racing in 2018, NYRA generated more than $2.1 billion in all-sources wagering handle with paid attendance exceeding 1.7 million for the fifth consecutive year. In 2018, Saratoga continued to shine with all sources handle of more than $659 million during the 40-day meet at historic Saratoga Race Course, the second-highest handle in history. NYRA was formed in 1955, when the Greater New York Association acquired the assets of the four racing associations operating Belmont, Jamaica, Saratoga and Aqueduct racetracks. Within four years, the NYRA had demolished the old Aqueduct and in 1959 opened the modern Aqueduct Racetrack. Jamaica Race Track was closed the same year. From 1963 through 1968, Belmont Park was shuttered while a new grandstand was built. A HISTORY OF A HISTORY ASSOCIATION RACING THE NEW YORK 4 2019 Media Guide NYRA.com NYRA Officers & Senior Executives, Other Officers & Operating Officials OFFICERS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES: David O’ Rourke, CEO and President Tony Allevato, President, NYRA Bets & Executive Producer, Television Joe Lambert, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer Lynn LaRocca, Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer Gordon Lavalette, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Martin Panza, Senior Vice President, Racing Operations Jelena Alonso, Vice President & Controller Bob Hughes, Senior Vice President, Chief Information & Technology Officer Glen Kozak, Senior Vice President, Facilities & Racing Surfaces Jim Ranton, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer Bobby Sica, Vice President, Chief Security Officer LEADERSHIP NYRA Adam Matteo, Vice President, Finance Mark Gheduzzi, Vice President, Capital Projects OTHER OFFICERS AND OPERATING OFFICIALS RACING OFFICIALS John Imbriale, Race Caller Patrick J. Pope, Racing Secretary, Belmont Park John Clyne, Director, Security Michael Lakow, , Racing Secretary, Aqueduct Racetrack Tom DeJesu, Director, Public Outreach Jorie Gorski, Assistant Racing Secretary James Dillon, Director , Race Day Operations Andrew Byrnes, Stakes Coordinator Eric Donovan, Director of TV & Broadcast Operations Bruce Johnstone, Manager, Racing Operations Matthew Feig, Senior Director, NYRA Bets Michael McMullen, Starter Rocco Fuda, Director, Pari-Mutuel Operations Dr. Anthony Verderosa, Director, NYRA Veterinarians Min Kim, Director, Internal Audit Dr. Jennifer Durenberger, Chief Examining Veterinarian* Patrick McKenna, Director, Communications & Public Affairs Timothy Kelly, Clerk of Scales* Joe Longo, Director, Simulcast Edward Brown, Assistant Clerk of Scales Darran Miner, Senior Director, Marketing Peter FitzGerald, Paddock & Patrol Judge Kevin Quinn, Senior Director, Sales Kelly Gecewicz, Clerk of the Course Ron Silvers, Director, Procurement Sentell “Sonny” Taylor, Jr., Placing/Patrol Judge Denise Spampinato, Horsemen’s Bookkeeper STEWARDS Diane Connor, Chief Horse Identifier Jim Edwards, The Jockey Club* Rick Wickman, Stable Supervisor Stephen Lewandowski, New York Gaming Commission* Carmen Barrera, Director, Horsemen’s Relations Braulio Baeza, Jr., NYRA Steward* NYRA LEADERSHIP NYRA Hugh J. Gallagher, NYRA Safety Steward* * fully accredited NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION Barry Sample, Chair John Crotty, Commissioner Peter Moschetti, Jr., Commissioner John Poklemba, Commissioner Jerry Skurnik, Commissioner Todd Snyder, Commissioner Ronald Ochrym, Acting Executive Director Edmund Burns, General Counsel Dr. Scott Palmer, Equine Medical Director NYRA is a member of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations and complies with its Code of Standards and By-Laws. NYRA is licensed by the New York State Gaming Commission and operates under its Rules and Regulations. 2019 Media Guide NYRA.com 5 BELMONT PARK “He’s just perfect and now he’s just will be contested over three days National Hockey League’s New York immortal!” beginning on Thursday, July 4 and Islanders have secured the rights to concluding on Saturday, July 6, when build an 18,000-seat arena as part of So proclaimed track announcer five graded stakes will be offered on the complex. Larry Collmus as Justify swept across the Belmont spring/summer meet’s the finish line in the 2018 Belmont penultimate day. The festival features For more than a century, Belmont has Stakes, becoming the 13th Triple the first legs of the newly established been the stage for many of racing’s Crown winner and joining American Turf Trinity and Turf Tiara as part greatest legends. It began in 1902, Pharoah, who accomplished the of the 2019 Turf Triple Series, when a syndicate headed by August feat three years prior, as the only offering $5.25 million in purse Belmont II and former Secretary of two thoroughbred this century to money, for sophomores over three the Navy William C. Whitney sought add the “Test of the Champion” to legs at Belmont Park and Saratoga land on Long Island to build the their earlier victories in the Kentucky Race Course. most elaborate track in America, one Derby and Preakness, both for Hall modeled after the great race courses of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. The Turf Trinity is comprised of Europe. They found what they of the $1 million Belmont Derby were looking for on the border of Justify’s triumph was a fitting Invitational, the $1 million Saratoga Queens County and Nassau County. conclusion to the three-day Belmont Derby [Aug. 4], and concludes at Originally known as Foster’s Meadow, Stakes Racing Festival, which will Belmont Park with the $1 million the 650 acres of land included a have its latest iteration from June 6-8, Jockey Club Derby [Sep. 7], offering turreted Tudor Gothic mansion 2019, anchored by the 151st running a ‘Win and You’re In’ berth to the owned by William de Forest Manice, of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf. which was to serve as the track’s Turf BELMONT PARK The mega event features 18 stakes The Turf Tiara includes the Grade 1, and Field Club until 1956. races including eight Grade 1s. $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational [Jul. 6], the inaugural $750,000 The grand opening of Belmont Park Justify joined 12 other winners of Saratoga Oaks [Aug. 2], and returns on May 4, 1905, attracted more than racing’s most prestigious prize. Since to Belmont Park for the first-ever 40,000 fans who witnessed August 1919, when Sir Barton was the first $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks [Sep. 7]. Belmont II’s Blandy, at 7-1, hold to sweep the spring classics, only off 100-1 shot Oliver Cromwell in Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), This year also sees the Man o’ War the$1,500 Belmont Inaugural. War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway Racing Festival set for May 11, with (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault five stakes, including four graded Closed in 1963 due to structural (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat events, led by the Grade 1, $700,000 defects, Belmont Park was rebuilt (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed Man o’ War at 1 3/8-miles on the and re-opened in 1968. Since 2012, (1978), and more recently, American turf for 4-year-olds and upward. numerous improvements have been Pharoah (2015) have achieved racing made to enhance the guest experience immortality. As well, the spring meet at Belmont while preserving its historic has been adjusted to April 26 through architectural elements, including Along with the Belmont Stakes July 7 to accommodate the projected HD television monitors throughout, Racing Festival, other “must-see” timeline for a proposed sports and Trakus technology and enhancing events include the sixth edition of the entertainment complex on 43 acres the Belmont Cafe and the Top of the Stars & Stripes Racing Festival, which on the grounds of Belmont.