"American Classic Races/American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:"Kentucky Derby (1991, 1994)Preakness Stakes (1996)Belmont Stakes (2004, 2008)Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1996)Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2007)

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/honours = National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame/United States Racing Hall of Fame (2005)

/horses = Thirty Six Red, Strike the Gold, Louis Quatorze (horse)/Louis QuatorzeGo for Gin, Storm Song, BirdstoneAlbert the Great (horse)/Albert the Great, Unbridled's Song, Bird Town, Commentator (horse)/Commentator, Da' Tara

/updated = July 7, 2007

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"Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito" (born February 6, 1948 in New York City, New York) is an United States/American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer. His first top level horse was Thirty Six Red with which he won the 1990 Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes and earned a second place finish in that year's Belmont Stakes. Nick Zito went on to win the Preakness Stakes/Preakness once, and the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes twice. He got his big break in 1991 when he won his first Kentucky Derby on Strike the Gold.

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She should like getting back to Belmont. She's a quality filly and she never runs a bad race. She hit the side of the gate coming out in the Test and we've schooled her a bunch of times, so I think she'll be different.

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I truly believe you never take a horse out of his game. No matter how you try strategizing, it doesn't work. If the horse wants to run close to the lead, you let him run close to the lead. He has to run the style that makes him comfortable.

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Either race is very, very tough. Let me just think about it for a couple of days. I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing.

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Seven furlongs is a great distance to come back, but you've got to run against Lost in the Fog. On the other hand, the mile-and-a-quarter Travers, I don't think the competition is as good as Lost in the Fog, but that mile and a quarter - he hasn't run in four months. He's an amazing horse. He's developed; he's gotten taller and longer. He's got a lot of ability. Hopefully, .

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She deserved this because she's run well in big races but had some tough luck. Today she broke good and was a different filly.

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People have been using rabbits for hundreds of years. Sometimes running a rabbit works and sometimes it backfires.

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No question, of all the 3-year-olds I had he needed it the most. He's working unbelievable. He's worked as good as he worked for the Florida Derby.

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I love my jockey. Put it this way, if anybody can (relax the horse), he can.

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Sometimes running a rabbit works, sometimes it backfires. People have been using rabbits for hundreds of years. The rabbit has to be a good horse because they might not necessarily be able to do the job.

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