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...advocate for young people with the greatest need.” Established by the wife of the legendary African-American baseball player after he died in 1973, there are currently 259 Jackie Robinson Scholars, nine of which are now at Harvard. Della Britton-Baeza, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, says, “Jackie Robinson [the student] sums up all the values we hope to instill in our students—commitment to community service, academic performance, musical pursuits—he really is a prototype of our foundation scholars.” The scholarship application involved...
...liked the idea that the project works with youth and provides food to shelters and low income families," said Peter Baeza, a member of the HGC and a race coordinator...
...great success," Baeza said. "People were very enthusiastic because of the idea that the money goes to the food project. We also found that many people who couldn't [run in the race] made donations to the charity...
...Kentucky Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk; Angel Cordero Jr., a two-time Derby winner who rode Codex; and Jorge Velasquez, Colonel Moran's rider in last week's Preakness. Also implicated by Amy were Jean Cruguet, jockey for 1977 Triple Crown Winner Seattle Slew; Braulio Baeza; and Eddie Belmonte...
There is another track term for a jockey: race rider. The title is used sparingly so that, in a generation of boys, only a handful, the very best, will earn the honor. Arcaro, Atkinson, Longden were race riders. And Shoemaker, Hartack, Cordero, Pincay, Baeza, Turcotte, Velasquez. Now there is Steve Cauthen, only 18 and a race rider. A prodigy at 16, a fearless boy returning from an ugly spill at 17, and less than a month past his 18th birthday, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, the first two classics of the Triple Crown...