Videos tagged with "zito"

The Bullet w/ Brian Nemioff - Curlin.JimDandy.Haskell 2012 [05:25]
A look at three big summer races for the 3 year olds.
Tags: Horse, Horseracing, Saratoga, Monmouth, Brian Nemiroff, Bullet with Brian Nemiroff, Easter Gift, Hard Spun, Nick Zito, Alpha, Atigun, Neck N Neck, Sports, New Jersey, Saratoga Race Course, Paynter, Bob Baffert, Gemologist, Tiznow, Lawyer Ron, Stealcase, T

1996 Preakness Stakes - Full ABC Broadcast [01:03:46]
It was the day of sweet revenge in racing: Louis Quatorze won the 121st Preakness Stakes with Pat Day riding, just 10 days after he was replaced as a jockey by trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who watched today while his record streak ended after six straight Triple Crown victories. Day was signed for his ride by Nick Zito, the most vocal critic of Lukas and his hordes of horses. And they scored the coup of the year when Louis Quatorze, 16th in the Kentucky Derby and fifth in the Preakness betting, led every step of the way to outrun Skip Away by three and a quarter lengths. No Derby horse had ever finished so far back and returned two weeks later to win the Preakness. The closest that Lukas got to extending his streak was third place, with Editor's Note. The 8-5 favorite, Cavonnier, trained by Bob Baffert, finished fourth. Lukas, who entered five horses in the Derby and three in the Preakness, also finished fifth with Victory Speech and seventh with Prince of Thieves. Louis Quatorze even supplied some storybook numbers of his own. He ran the mile and three-sixteenths in 1:532/5 on a fast track, matching the record for the race set 12 years ago by Tank's Prospect, with Day in the saddle that day, too. In fact, this was the fifth time that Day had won the Preakness and the third in a row. The colt, a son of Sovereign Dancer, paid $19 for $2 to win and earned $458120 for his owners -- Bill Condren and Joe Cornacchia, who were the owners of other Zito stars like Strike the Gold and ...
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Birdstone - 2004 Belmont Stakes [02:59]
The largest crowd in the history of Belmont Park assembled to see if Smarty Jones could become a Triple Crown winner. At 3-10 he was one Smarty Jones was one of the shortest-priced favorites the "Test of the Champion," has seen. A very New York team of Marylou Whitney, Nick Zito, and Edgar Prado spoiled the party as longshot Birdstone rallied late to deny him. Final time: 2:27 2/5 Owner: Marylou Whitney Stables Trainer: Nicholas Zito Jockey: Edgar Prado
Tags: horse, horse racing, racing, Belmont, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, New York, upset, surprise, Birdstone, Nick Zito, Marylou Whitney, Whitney, Zito, Edgar Prado, Prado, Smarty Jones, 2004

Jackson Bend - 2012 Carter H. (G1) [01:48]

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Corey Nakatani comments on Jackson Bend's big heart [01:21]
Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack
Tags: corey, nakatani, jackson, bend, nyra, horse, racing, aqueduct, nick, zito