fbpx

Daily Racing Form: Chad Brown, Manny Franco And Michael Dubb Win NYRA Titles

Manny Franco led jockeys in wins with 244, Chad Brown led trainers with 154 and Michael Dubb led owners with 68.

NYRA
Jockey Manny Franco, Trainer Chad Brown and Owner Michael Dubb won 2018 NYRA year-end titles. (Billy Francis LeRoux)

OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Manny Franco rode three winners on Monday’s eight-race card at Aqueduct, closing out a year in which he led all jockeys in wins on the New York Racing Association circuit with 244. It was his first NYRA single-year riding title.

Chad Brown won his fourth NYRA year-end trainer’s title with 154 wins while Michael Dubb won his seventh owner’s title in the last nine years with 68 victories.

Franco was the leading rider at the 2018 Aqueduct winter and fall meets. But his biggest victory in 2018 came at Belmont Park. where he rode Discreet Lover to a 45-1 upset in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

“I’m very blessed and very happy with the year I had,” said Franco, who finished 41 wins in front of Irad Ortiz Jr, who in 2017 won 297 races on the NYRA circuit, 113 more than Franco.

Brown’s 154 wins on the NYRA circuit—six more than in 2017—included seven of his 20 overall Grade 1 victories in 2018. Brown won meet titles at Aqueduct (spring), Belmont (spring/summer and fall) as well at Saratoga, where he set a single-meet record with 46 victories.

“It’s been a great year,” Brown said. “My staff did an unbelievable job and I’m thankful for my loyal clients and all the good horses I’ve had the opportunity to train.”

Brown’s NYRA highlights included Grade 1 victories by Sistercharlie (Diana), Complexity (Champagne), Patternrecognition (Cigar Mile), Separationofpowers (Test), A Raving Beauty (Just a Game), Wow Cat (Beldame), and Fourstar Crook (Flower Bowl).

Rudy Rodriguez, who won two races Monday at Aqueduct, finished second at NYRA with 115 wins.

Dubb won 68 races on the NYRA circuit, teaming with Brown to win the Grade 1 Flower Bowl with the New York-bred Fourstar Crook. Dubb also won the Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks with the likely 3-year-old filly champion Monomoy Girl.

This story originally appeared on DRF.com


Visit DRF.com for additional news, notes, wagering information, and more.

David Grening, Daily Racing Form

David Grening covers the New York Racing Association circuit of Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga plus such national events as the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup. He is a contributing author to "Champions" and joined Daily Racing Form in 1998.

ABOUT US

Welcome to Saratoga Living, the premier lifestyle media company in Saratoga Springs and the heart of New York’s Capital Region.

Saratoga Living magazine publishes six times a year. saratogaliving.com relaunched on February 8, 2018. Like our page on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

The Voux magazine theme

THE CITY. THE CULTURE. THE LIFE.

FOLLOW US ON

 

For Saratoga Living‘s Submission Guidelines,
click here.

CONTACT US

All editorial queries should be directed to:
[email protected]; or sent to 6 Butler Place, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Saratoga Living assumes no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.

For advertising inquiries, contact: [email protected].

For magazine subscriptions and to purchase back issues, contact:
[email protected].

For all other inquiries, call us at 518-294-4390.