Nick Zito
Zito, a New York City native, started in racing as a teenager as a hotwalker and groom for trainer Buddy Jacobson. He later worked as an assistant to trainers LeRoy Jolley and John Campo. He saddled his first winner in 1972 and is one of only 17 trainers in history to saddle two or more Kentucky Derby winners (Strike The Gold and Go For Gin), as well as the 2003 Kentucky Oaks winner Bird Town, and Birdstone to upset Smarty Jones in last year's Belmont Stakes (GI). His principal clients include George Steinbrenner, Tracy Farmer and Marylou Whitney. He and his wife, Kim, son Alexander and daughter Sara live in Garden City, N.Y.
Gary Stevens
A native of Caldwell, Idaho, Thoroughbred racing runs deep in Gary Stevens' blood, as his father, Ron, is a trainer and his brother, Scott, is a jockey. He started in the business grooming horses for his father at age eight and started riding Quarter Horses when he was 14. He was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 1997, has won an Eclispe Award and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. He briefy retired in Dec. 1999 but made a comeback in Oct. 2000. A force on the Southern California circuit, he has won several Breeders' Cup and Triple Crown races, including three Derbys: Winning Colors (1988), Thunder Gulch (1995) and Silver Charm (1997).
My Meadowview Farm
Leonard Riggio is the chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller. In addition, he is the chairman and principal shareholder of several privately-held companies, including Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, serving more than 500 college and universities across America. In all, the companies run by Mr. Riggio operate almost 3,000 retail stores and employ more than 80,000 people. Beginning with a single college bookstore in 1965, Mr. Riggio built one of the largest enterprises in the history of American retail.
Mr. Riggio devotes himself, as well, to many philanthropic initiatives, having served on nearly two dozen not-for-profit boards. Currently, he is chairman of the board of the Dia Art Foundation, an internationally renowned art institution, and serves on the boards of the Children's Defense Fund, the Black Children's Community Crusade, the Brooklyn Tech Foundation, and the Italian American Foundation. He has received numerous awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Frederick Douglas Medallion. He also lectures regularly on college campuses, has delivered several commencement addresses, and has been the keynote speaker to numerous educational and business groups across the country.
Mr. Riggio is married and has three children and three grandchildren.
Reiko Baum & Michael Baum (KY)
Breeder bio coming soon
Was behind a better prepared Dearest Mon in dirt debut
10.07.04
Maiden allowance @ Belmont
5th
Turf mile race was obviously an experiment
Recent Workouts
Date
Track
Distance
Time
Rank
3.26
Palm Meadows (fast)
5 furlongs
1:01.00 H
6/16
3.14
Palm Meadows (fast)
5 furlongs
1:01.20 H
8/23
My Meadowview Farm's colt is a son of European champion Giant's Causeway, who narrowly missed beating Tiznow in the Breeders' Cup Classic (GI) at Churchill Downs in 2000. One of five Derby contenders trained by Nick Zito, Noble Causeway is coming off a strong runner-up finish to stablemate High Fly in his stakes debut in the Florida Derby. Along with Zito, a two-time Derby winner, Noble Causeway has an experienced partner in jockey Gary Stevens, who has won the roses on three occasions. The steadily improving colt has finished worse than second only once in six races and has earned $245,780.
Noble Causeway is from the first crop of the Coolmore stallion Giant's Causeway, who was the European Horse of the Year in 2000. He was undefeated at age two (3 for 3), won five Group One stakes in Europe at age three, and was an unlucky second to Tiznow in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. A son of Storm Cat, Giant's Causeway defeated some of Europe's best horses both sprinting and going a route of ground. Overall, he won nine of 13 starts, with four seconds, earning over $3 million. He has gotten off to an excellent start at stud, with three Group stakes winners in 2004, including the highly regarded Shamardal from the Godolphin Stable. Giant's Causeway is out of the mare Mariah's Storm, well known around Kentucky for her wins in the Falls City (GIII) and Mrs. Revere (GIII) at Churchill and upsetting Serena's Song in the Turfway Breeders' Cup (GII).
Noble Causeway is the first foal from his dam Mimi's Golden Girl. A daughter of Seeking the Gold out of the Private Account mare Classy Cathy, "Mimi" raced 27 times, 21 of thoses in sprints, where she scored her two lifetime victories. It is somewhat peculiar that she was almost strictly a sprinter, as Seeking the Gold had enough stamina to win the 10 furlong Super Derby as well as finish second in both the Breeders' Cup Classic and the Travers, both also 1 1/4 mile races. In addition, her dam Classy Cathy won routing in the Ashland and the Alabama, and finished fourth in the Kentucky Oaks.
Dosage Index: 2.08
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