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| Tony DAmico |
Stats Updated Through: 5/30/2006
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Born: July 28, 1958, in Ravenna, Ohio
Resident: Union, Ky.
Height: 5'6”
Weight: 109
Family: wife Melinda (Mindy), a former jockey, and son Austin, 7.
Quick facts about Tony D'Amico:
- Made his Breeders' Cup debut in 2001, finishing second on Repent in the Juvenile and sixth on Take Charge Lady in the Juvenile Fillies.
- D'Amico calls his 2002 victories with Take Charge Lady in the Ashland Stakes and Repent in the Risen Star Stakes his best moments in racing. “I'lI keep getting fired off them, though,” he said in reference to his replacement by bigger-named riders when the stakes got larger.
- Has earned riding titles at Thistledown, Beulah Park, River Downs, Turfway Park and Ellis Park.
- Followed his stepfather, Thistledown trainer Hugh Mahan, into racing. When he was in high school, he got permission to work at Thistledown in the morning and then go to classes. His work included exercising horses ... Got his jockey's license in 1974 and began riding at Thistledown ... Moved on to Kentucky about 1983.
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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