Word: ycaza
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...These things," said Manuel Ycaza, "are beneath the dignity of a man whose family has a coat of arms." The things that Jockey Ycaza (pronounced ee-kah-za) was talking about were the tactics that once won him the reputation of racing's roughest rider. But Ycaza, at 22, is already a reformed fellow. And though he is calmly vague about the details of his coat of arms (asked what it is, he replies: "Why, it is a coat of arms for the Ycaza family"), many a follower of the new Ycaza might suggest that it be a whip...
...running simply to win. Ron scored his double victory for the second year in a row, took the team title for Villanova by just 2⅓ points over Manhattan. ¶Going down the stretch in a wild scramble to win Hialeah's $135,000 Flamingo Stakes, Jockey Manuel Ycaza whipped at his bay mount. Jewel's Reward, with understandable zeal. But Jewel's Reward flinched from the lefthanded slashing, carried wide and collided with Calumet's fast-closing Tim Tarn. And when Tim Tam, with Champion Willie Hartack aboard, was nosed out at the wire, Willie...