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Article: PRADO GETS THE NOD AS TOP JOCKEY.(SPORTS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2003
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Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer
Elmont Edgar Prado hasn't seen the doll and isn't sure he wants to. But he'll have no choice on Thursday because it's bobblehead day at Saratoga Race Course and Prado is the featured attraction.
For the second consecutive summer, the New York Racing Association will honor the jockey who won the previous year's riding title at the Spa.
That's where Prado comes in.
The 36-year-old native of Peru is the defending champion at Saratoga, perhaps the toughest horse meet in the country.
Last year Prado won in style. In the six-week Spa meet, he rode 54 winners and unseated perennial Saratoga king ...
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