TurfPublicists: DOMINGUEZ SWEEPS EARLY PICK 3 EN ROUTE TO 4-WIN DAY AT BELMONT

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Contact: Ashley Herriman

DOMINGUEZ SWEEPS EARLY PICK 3 EN ROUTE TO 4-WIN DAY AT BELMONT

ELMONT, N.Y. – Ramon Dominguez, currently the leading rider on the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit, swept the early Pick 3 at Belmont Park Wednesday afternoon and finished the day with four victories to widen his lead in the jockey standings to nine.

In Race 1, Dominguez guided favored Pretty B ($5.80) to a 3 ¼-length victory in an off-the-turf claiming contest to start the afternoon, then completed his sweep of the early Pick 3 aboard second choices Keechi Bullet ($7.50) and Wishful Tomcat ($7.20) in Races 2 and 3.

Without a mount in Race 4, Dominguez picked up where he'd left off, piloting favored That's Rich ($5.30) to a gate-to-wire score in the day's fifth race.

Dominguez, who won nine consecutive riding titles on the NYRA circuit before having his streak snapped by John Velazquez this summer in Saratoga, has 23 victories through the close of racing at Belmont on Wednesday. Through September 28, Dominguez led the nation in wins with 271 victories and $11,614,310 in purse earnings.

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