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After 14 years, the Grade I wins come in pairs for Joe Rocco, Jr.

On Saturday, May 27, in his 14th year as a jockey, Joseph Rocco Jr. got his first Grade I win when Tiz Miz Sue won the Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park. Exactly two months later, at Saratoga Race Course, he got his second. Riding longshot Lighthouse Bay in last Saturday’s Prioress, Rocco rode the…

July 31, 2013 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

I knew I should have skipped school to go to the track

It is indeed a shame when work gets in the way of gambling. Last night, I wrote: “I want to skip school on Thursday and go to the races because on the last Thursday that I was at the races, Piquante Cat won the third race, and he’s in the featured eighth race…I want to…

February 8, 2008 in Uncategorized.

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