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Trainer Gary Contessa discusses topics including how much it costs to keep a horse in training, how a new owner can find a "clean" trainer, and what the industry can do to lower the number of equine fatalities.
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Violette’s legacy shines through on inaugural New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Saratoga Race Course | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Saratoga Springs Shares0 SARATOGA SPRINGS — Andy Belfiore could see her friend Rick Violette’s legacy on full display Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course. Belfiore, the national Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association’s Project Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Strategic Plan to Reduce Equine Fatalities and executive director of the TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program, observed this just after Run Curtis Run’s victory in the Rick Violette Stakes, named i...
Once A Trainer, Always A Trainer: Contessa Returning As Private Conditioner For Bell Gable Stable Sponsored by: Gary Contessa at his barn in Saratoga Gary Contessa, who had announced the closure of his public stable earlier this year, announced this week he will return to training in a private capacity for Nick and Delora Beaver's Bell Gable Stable. Contessa will aid in building the racing operation in addition to training the horses, and said he will continue to represent multiple clients as a buyer's agent at public auction. Bell Gable is a small racing and breeding operation base...