Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito is adjusting his career path, according to Spectrum Local News. After 50 years of training Thoroughbred racehorses, Zito plans to add a role in the management side of the racing business.
Alongside partner Robert DiPippo, Zito has launched ZD Horse Racing & Management.
“That will consist of maybe buying some horses, do some bloodstock work, putting them with different trainers besides myself,” Zito told Spectrum.
Zito, a member of the Hall of Fame since 2005 with more than 2,000 wins to his resume, is still training a dozen horses at Saratoga this summer. He has saddled one winner in 2023, and sent out no winners from 73 starters in 2022.
“Racing is different,” Zito told Spectrum. “This game will humble kings.”
Among the highlights of Zito's career are two Kentucky Derby winners, Go For Gin (1994) and Strike The Gold (1991); a Preakness winner, Louis Quatorze (1996); two Belmont Stakes winners, Birdstone (2004) and Da' Tara (2008); a total 18 trainees with over $1 million in earnings; and five trainees with over $2 million in earnings.
Read more at Spectrum Local News.
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