MANDELLA PICKED FOR HALL.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Richard Mandella Richard Mandella (born November 5, 1950 in Beaumont, California) is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the Racing Hall of Fame. Mandella's father, a blacksmith, introduced him to horses at an early age and while still in high school he began breaking and training , who trained horse racing's most notable recent upsetter, sees his election to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday as another long-shot score. ``My first reaction was just disbelief,'' said Mandella, the Altadena native who trained Dare and Go to end Cigar's 16-race winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" in the 1996 Pacific Classic. ``There's things in life that I believe, if you want them too bad, you may never get them. Like the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. - I've never gotten too close to that. I never thought this could happen.'' Mandella, 50, was selected over Mel Stute and the late Sonny Hine Hubert "Sonny" Hine (born January 9, 1931 in The Bronx, New York) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer best known as the trainer of 1998 U.S. Horse of the Year, Skip Away. Early life Hine was the son of clothing merchant and trainer Arthur Hine. in the Hall of Fame trainers category. Also announced were the enshrinements of jockey Earlie Fires and the horses Holy Bull (``contemporary male''), Paseana (``contemporary female'') and Maskette (``horse of yesteryear''). Enshrinement ceremonies are Aug. 6 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In addition to Dare and Go's upset, Mandella is best known for the 1993 Breeders' Cup day at Santa Anita, when Kotashaan won the Turf on his way to the Horse of the Year title, Phone Chatter won the Sprint and two other Mandella horses won undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. stakes. Mandella has won Hollywood Park, Del Mar and Oak Tree training titles. Paseana raced mostly in Southern California while winning Eclipse Awards in 1992 and 1993. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: MANDELLA |
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