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...ever heard of Jockey Johnny Sellers, 23, a deferential, crew-cut kid who looks as out of place among the tough little men of the track as a boy scout in the Mafia. But Sellers is the nation's newest jockey sensation, and at Florida's Gulfstream Park last week he was booting them home at a rate that kept him neck-and-neck in winners with none other than the great Willie Shoemaker. Moreover, Sellers was the rider for two of the year's top horses: Dorchester Farm's Carry Back, a leading candidate...
...nine starts as a two-year-old, was picked by many as the colt most likely to succeed. But a bad case of blood worms knocked him off form as a three-year-old until he bounced back with a record-tying 1:08 4/5 for six furlongs at Gulfstream, lost by a nose to Bally Ache in the Florida Derby...
Holding Onto It. This year Ycaza has taken his place among the nation's best jockeys. A leader at Florida's Gulfstream Park, he recently flew to New York, got socked out by weather, finally landed and got to Aqueduct just 55 minutes before the day's feature race. He pulled on his silks just in time to mount and ride Mommy Dear to a win in the $28,050 Correction Handicap. Last week he had five winners in three days at Aqueduct-and not one of his rides was beneath the dignity of a man with...
...Kentucky Derby action, good luck came to Owner Leonard Fruchtman's highly regarded Bally Ache as he won the $120,600 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park; bad luck knocked favored Warfare out of the Derby when he chipped an ankle while training at Aqueduct...
This year Round Table impressed railbirds by breezing home under 130 Ibs. to win Florida's mile-and-one-quarter $100,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap. His pace for the mile-and-one-eighth en route was just two-fifths of a second off the world record of 1:46.8. In his drive to top Nashua's moneymaking, Round Table is entered in this week's $100,000 Washington Park Handicap at Arlington and this month's $100,000 United Nations Handicap at Atlantic City, NJ. and the $100,000 Woodward Stakes at Belmont, L.I. Possible opponent...