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Shanghai Bobby tops field in AP's Top 10

...the Kentucky Derby, and the trainers who show up just about every year are back again. Todd Pletcher, Bob Baffert, Nick Zito and even four-time Derby winner D. Wayne Lukas have a whole bunch of promising 3-year-olds with a chance to run for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-02-11/shanghai-bobby-tops-
Vyjack looks strong on road to Kentucky Derby

...and Dynamic Sky, the 1-2 finishers in the Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 2, and Eton Blue, trained by Hall of Famer Nick Zito.Here's our Top 10:1. Shanghai Bobby (Todd Pletcher, Rosie Napravnik): Worked 5 furlongs in 1:00.90 Sunday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-03-04/vyjack-looks-strong-road-kentucky
Aiken-trained Alpha favored in Travers Stakes

...the light bulb has gone on and he has put everything together."Also trying to put it all together is Hall of Famer Nick Zito. The two-time Derby winning trainer who sat out the Triple Crown races this year is going for his second Travers win...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-08-24/aiken-trained-alpha-
Alpha, Golden Ticket finish in dead heat at Travers Stakes

...4.10, $5.10 and $3.90, and Golden Ticket paid $26.80, $26.40 and $11.80. Fast Falcon, trained by Nick Zito, returned $13.60.McPeek is familiar with pulling off upsets. In 2002, he won the Belmont Stakes with 70-1 shot...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-08-25/alpha-golden-ticket-
Overtime

...has been euthanized after injuring his left front leg while in his paddock at a farm in Turkey.The 1991 Derby winner Nick Zito had battled laminitis lately but was in good health before injuring his pastern. Strike the Gold was 23.The chestnut...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-12-15/overtime
Day is tough for Zito, Ice Box

NEW YORK --- Nick Zito is a long shot kind of trainer, it seems. At least in the Belmont Stakes.The Hall of Famer who won the 2004 Belmont with Birdstone...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2010-06-06/day-tough-zito-ice-b
Upset in Crown's final leg

...start, but couldn't hold off Drosselmeyer in the stretch and finished third. Ice Box, the 9-5 favorite trained by Nick Zito, was never in contention and finished ninth in the 12-horse field. Fly Down, also trained by Zito, was the second...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2010-06-05/upset-crowns-final-l
Afleet Express wins Travers in a photo finish

...May 1.The winning time was 2:03.28. Afleet Express returned $16, $7.80 and $4.90. Fly Down, trained by Nick Zito, paid $6.90 and $5.20 and First Dude paid $4.60 to show.Afleet Express missed the Triple Crown races but won...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2010-08-28/afleet-express-wins-
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Two local horses in Jim Dandy

...mares including Forever Together, who will attempt to win the race for an unprecedented third consecutive year.The Nick Zito-trained Fly Down, who will be ridden by Jose Lezcano, will break from the extreme outside post position in the Jim...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2010-07-30/two-local-horses-jim
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Trainer Nick Zito seeks 3rd Belmont win in 6 years

NEW YORK ? No one is in more of a New York state of mind these days than Nick Zito.And why not? The Brooklyn-born Hall of Fame trainer will be looking for his third win in six years in the $1 million Belmont...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2010-06-04/trainer-nick-zito-se
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