NICHOLAS P. ZITO

2016 RECORD

294 - 22, 24, 37 

$997,682

2016 NYRA RECORD

128 - 5, 9,13 

$472,010

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Storm Song: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1996)

War Pass: Top 2-Year-Old Colt (2007)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005

* Ended two Triple Crown bids in the Belmont Stakes: in 2004, when Birdstone denied Smarty Jones’ attempt, and in 2008 with Da’ Tara, who went wire-to-wire in upsetting Big Brown

* Saddled 7-year-old Commentator to victory in the 2008 Grade 1 Whitney and the Mass ‘Cap

* Won the Kentucky Derby twice: with Strike the Gold in 1991 and Go for Gin in 1994

* Won the 1996 Preakness Stakes with Louis Quatorze, snapping trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ Triple Crown winning streak at six

* Won the Grade 1 Champagne four times: War Pass (2007); A P Valentine (2000); Greenwood Lake (1999), and The Groom is Red (1998)

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Started in horse racing as a teenager working for trainer Buddy Jacobson; later worked for Bob Lake, Johnny Campo, and LeRoy Jolley

FIRST WINNER

* Palais, Liberty Bell, December 1972

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 WINS

Adonis: Wood Memorial (1999); Discovery (1999)

Agincourt: Dwyer (1992); Futurity (1991)

Albert the Great: Suburban (2001); Brooklyn (2001); Dwyer (2000); Jockey Club Gold Cup (2000)

A P Valentine: Champagne (2000)

Bellamy Road: Wood Memorial (2005)

Birdstone: Travers (2004); Belmont (2004); Champagne (2003)

Bird Town: Acorn (2003); Kentucky Oaks (2003)

Chelsey Flower: Sheepshead Bay (1996); Flower Bowl Invitational H. (1996)

Commentator: Whitney (2008, 2005)

Cupid’s Way: Bouwerie (1981)

Da’ Tara: Belmont Stakes (2008)

Declan’s Warrior: Bay Shore (2013)

Dialed In: Florida Derby (2011)

Diligence: Tom Fool (1997)

Doneraile Court: Jerome (1999); Nashua (1998)

Fly Down: Dwyer (2010)

Go for Gin: Kentucky Derby (1994); Remsen (1993)

Greenwood Lake: Remsen (1999); Champagne (1999)

Halory Hunter: Blue Grass (1998)

Ice Box: Florida Derby (2010)

In the Gold: Gazelle (2005)

Jackson Bend: Carter H. (2012); Forego (2011)

Jade Flush: Rare Perfume (1994)

La Rosa: Demoiselle (1995)

Lady D’Accord: Bed o’ Roses (1992-93); Yaddo (1990)

Louis Quatorze: Jim Dandy (1996); Preakness (1996)

Mayanesian: Sanford (1981)

Morning Bob: Excelsior (1985)

Morning Line: Carter H. (2011)

Most Distinguished: Amsterdam (2007)

Najran: Westchester (2003)

Prospector’s Flag: Discovery (1993); Albany (1993)

Regal Shivers: Whirlaway (2001)

Ride Sally: Distaff (1986); Top Flight (1986)

Schematic: Honorable Miss (1985)

Star Standard: Pimlico Special (1996)

Stephen Got Even: Donn (2000)

Storm Song: Breeders’ Cup Fillies (1996); Frizette (1996); Adirondack (1996)

Strike the Gold: Pimlico Special (1992); Nassau County (1992); Kentucky Derby (1991)

The Cliff ’s Edge: Blue Grass (2004)

The Groom Is Red: Champagne (1998)

Thirty Six Red: Gotham (1990); Wood Memorial (1990)

Up Like Thunder: Bertram F. Bongard (2004)

Wanderin Boy: Brooklyn (2006)

Warfie: Long Island (1989)

War Pass: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2007); Champagne (2007)