- Rick Dutrow
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Rick Dutrow
caption =
occupation = Trainer
birthplace = Hagerstown,Maryland ,United States
birth date = August 5, 1959
death date =
career wins = 1,000 (as of March 3, 2007)
race =Clark Handicap (2004)Demoiselle Stakes (2004, 2005)Massachusetts Handicap (2004)Pennsylvania Derby (2004)Donn Handicap (2005)Stephen Foster Handicap (2005)Woodward Stakes (2005)Ashland Stakes (2005)Jerome Handicap (2005)Tom Fool Handicap (2006)Metropolitan Handicap (2006)Coaching Club American Oaks (2006)Carter Handicap (2007)Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (2007)Meadowlands Cup (2007)
Frank J. De Francis Memorial Stakes (2007)Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (2007, 2008)Florida Derby (2008)Godolphin Mile (2008)Dubai Golden Shaheen (2008)
American Classics /Breeders' Cup wins:Breeders' Cup Sprint (2005)Breeders' Cup Classic (2005)Breeders' Cup Mile (2007)Kentucky Derby (2008)Preakness Stakes (2008)
awards = Leading trainer in New York (2001, 2002, 2005)
honours =
horses =Offlee Wild ,Wild Desert ,Saint Liam ,Kip Deville Silver Train , Benny the Bull,Big Brown
updated = June 9, 2008Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow, Jr. (born
August 5 ,1959 inHagerstown, Maryland ) is an Americanthoroughbred racehorse trainer. Known as Rick, his brother Anthony Dutrow is also a trainer. Their father,Richard E. Dutrow, Sr. , was one of Maryland racing's "Big Four" who dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and '70s and who helped modernizeflat racing training. At age sixteen, Rick, Jr. began working as his father's assistant. In 1995 he set up his own public stable in New York after his father left theNYRA circuit to return to Maryland. In 2008 he trained Big Brown to a Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victory, although failing to capture the Triple Crown with a dead last finish in the 140th Belmont Stakes.Reference
* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=7019 Richard Dutrow, Jr. NTRA biography]
* [http://www.nyra.com/Belmont/mediaguide/08MG%20-%20Trainers%20Section.pdf Rick Dutrow, Jr. NYRA biography, page 70]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=horse&id=3428045 ESPN.com: Dutrow may not be what racing's old guard hoped for, but he's the only hope the sport has]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/columns/story?columnist=plonk_jeremy&id=3405495 ESPN.com: The Dutrow Projects]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3378296 ESPN.com: Dutrow's checkered past follows him to Derby spotlight]
* [http://www.breederscup.com/bio.aspx?id=7019 Breeders' Cup Biography]
* [http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/9865420/ NBC: Dutrow can forget about the dark days]
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