TRAINER GAINES IS GAINING ON THE FIELD.Byline: ART WILSON Arthur Earl "Dutch" Wilson (December 11, 1885 in Macon, Illinois; died June 12, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Art Wilson was the catcher for Cubs pitcher Hippo Vaughn during the "double no-hitter" game in 1917. HORSE RACING horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with DEL MAR Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Gaines earned a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in counseling and guidance from the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. but she soon realized that working with troubled youth was not her cup of tea. So she turned to a lifelong love -- horses. "I just thought I would take a sabbatical and go work with the horses for a year and then go back to psychology," Gaines said. "I never made it back." The counseling profession's loss has been thoroughbred racing's gain. The 55-year-old Pasadena native took out her trainer's license in 1989 in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern and moved south in 1996 to train for main clients Warren B. Williamson and the Harris Farms. It's been a match made in heaven. Heading into the home stretch of the Del Mar meet, Gaines had won with 18 percent of her starters for the year and was firing at 22 percent during Del Mar. Talk to jockeys Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza (born May 23, 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California. and Joe Talamo, two riders Gaines employs regularly, and an onlooker comes away with an idea of why she is so successful. "She is great with the horses because she really loves them," Espinoza said. "She cares for them. She does good because she takes care of the horses." Gaines, Talamo and the magnificent filly Nashoba's Key Nashoba's Key is a bay filly thoroughbred race horse by Silver Hawk (Roberto) out of Nashoba (Caerleon) who remains undefeated after 6 starts in the Southern California racing circuit. Bred and owned by 79 year old Warren B. teamed up for one of the most remarkable wins of the current meet. Talamo overcame traffic problems in the stretch to win the Clement L. Hirsch Handicap The Clement L. Hirsch Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run each year at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The race is open to filles and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. aboard the unbeaten 4-year-old daughter of Silver Hawk. Talamo, a 17-year-old who is making headlines of his own since coming to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, earlier this year, admires Gaines' patience with her horses. "She's a fantastic horseman," Talamo said. "She's unbelievable, the things she does with the horses. It's all about the horse. She won't hesitate to scratch one if they're not right. She focuses everything around the horses, which is good. "So many trainers, they set one program and they say I'm going to do this with all of my horses. She just focuses on every one, specifically, and I think that's the key." On Aug. 5, the afternoon that Nashoba's Key won her sixth race without defeat, Gaines also won two other races to become what is believed to be the first female trainer to score three wins on a single day at Del Mar. The feat raised a pointed question -- why doesn't Gaines have more clients? Is it because she's a female in a male-driven industry? There are many high-profile male trainers with more horses but lower win percentages. Heading into Wednesday's action, Gaines had started 101 horses in 2007. Contrast that number with Doug O'Neill's 701 starters that had won 15 percent of the time. Patrick Gallagher had 337 starters and had won with 12 percent of them. Male chauvinism chauvinism (shō`vənĭzəm), word derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of the First French Empire. Used first for a passionate admiration of Napoleon, it now expresses exaggerated and aggressive nationalism. ? Maybe, maybe not. But consider these numbers: In 2006 at Santa Anita, she won with 14 of 53 starters for a meet-high 26 percent success rate and followed that up with an even better Hollywood Park meet by winning with 31 percent of her 36 starters. Gender inequity? Maybe, maybe not. But Gaines doesn't make it a priority to sit around and worry about it. "I don't look at it as being a stumbling block, or it probably would be," Gaines said. "I've always worked with horses and I don't think it's a real gender issue. Maybe if I was a male, maybe I would get more horses. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . I'm happy with my clients and my horses." One horse she is particularly happy with is the best she says she's ever trained -- Nashoba's Key, who is being readied for the Yellow Ribbon Stakes The Yellow Ribbon Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. at Oak Tree on Sept. 29 and then, hopefully, the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park. Described by Gaines as a "delicate filly," Nashoba's Key didn't begin racing until this year. She broke her maiden on Jan. 13 at Santa Anita, followed that up with an allowance score on Feb. 6 and has since won four stakes races, including one Grade I and two Grade II events. "She's crushed three fields on the grass," Gaines said. "She's (bred) generations and generations grass, distance. She's an amazing horse on the grass." Nashoba's Key has never raced on dirt, scoring her non-turf victories either over Hollywood Park's Cushion Track or Del Mar's controversial Polytrack. Gaines' first starter was a $4,000 claiming horse named Glory Quest for Harris Farms at the Vallejo County Fair in 1989. Now she's training potential Eclipse Award horses. "It's been a long process, but we've continued to move up and hopefully we'll continue to keep moving up," she said. art.wilson@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2103 CAPTION(S): box Box: OUT OF THE GATE - Art Wilson |
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