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Change of jockeys, change of fortune.
Five years ago, Martin Garcia was working in a deli making sandwiches. He couldn’t name even one of the Triple Crown races. But the 25-year-old jockey stole one of them Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert a Preakness win with a trouble-free ride.
Garcia beat veteran Calvin Borel, who had predicted a Triple Crown sweep after his colt Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby in the muck.
Baffert made a gutsy call between the two races, opting to take veteran Garrett Gomez off Lookin At Lucky, who was anything but in a series of mishaps in big races dating to last year.
“Our luck had to change somehow the way the trips have been,” Baffert said.
http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=AjXEz8YWeBF6v2Nh7XHlPYgX47kF?slug=ap-preakness
Five years ago, Martin Garcia was working in a deli making sandwiches. He couldn’t name even one of the Triple Crown races. But the 25-year-old jockey stole one of them Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert a Preakness win with a trouble-free ride.
Garcia beat veteran Calvin Borel, who had predicted a Triple Crown sweep after his colt Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby in the muck.
Baffert made a gutsy call between the two races, opting to take veteran Garrett Gomez off Lookin At Lucky, who was anything but in a series of mishaps in big races dating to last year.
“Our luck had to change somehow the way the trips have been,” Baffert said.
http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=AjXEz8YWeBF6v2Nh7XHlPYgX47kF?slug=ap-preakness
