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...strapping chestnut with curious black and white spots on his rump, who prefers to dwell in the pack, then turn on a withering burst of speed in the stretch. And the horses could hardly have more contrasting jockeys. Never Bend's regular rider is fiery Panamanian Manuel Ycaza, 25, whose terrible-tempered tactics earn him almost as much time on suspension as in the saddle. Candy Spots's jockey is coldly efficient Willie Shoemaker, 31, the top money-winning jockey ($2,916,844 last year) in the world...
...Breaking perfectly, the horses pounded around the fading arc of the clubhouse turn, fought for position on the rail. As they swept into the back stretch, Hartack might have permitted himself a grim smile. Up ahead, Ridan refused to obey the commands of Jockey Manuel Ycaza and spurted into a three-length lead. Ycaza stood bolt upright in the stirrups, desperately trying to hold the stubborn colt back. It was a losing fight...
Every Trick in the Book. One of nine children born to a Panamanian bus driver, Ycaza learned to ride ponies as a six-year-old, trained as a jockey in Panama and Mexico. Says his agent: "They're not strict down there. Everybody rides rough." In the U.S., Ycaza quickly endeared himself to the $2 bettors as a jockey who could win with a donkey-if only because he was more than willing to try every breakneck, hot-headed trick in the books. In 1957 track stewards grounded Ycaza for 130 days for fouls; in 1958 he was ordered...
...Owner Harry F. Guggenheim of Cain Hoy Stable gave Ycaza a chance to redeem himself by hiring him as contract rider. Ycaza liked Cain Hoy. "It is like a family stable," he says. "They are all very nice to me." In that climate, he began mending his ways. "I wished to improve," says Ycaza. "To wish is a big thing." It was certainly a big thing to Cain Hoy-the U.S.'s leading money-winning stable last year, with purses totaling...
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...