THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Local international horse broker on Laffit Pincay Jr. — ‘the greatest rider in our sport’
Courtesy photo Laffit Pincay Jr., at one time horse racing's winningest jockey, poses for a photo with Tanoka, daughter of Ray Hussa's wife Caren, at the Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes in 2024 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. "Think Laffit is retired?" Hussa said. "Legends live on."
Courtesy photo Laffit Pincay Jr. autographed a copy of his autobiography for Ray Hussa and his wife, Caren, at Emerald Downs race track in Auburn, Wash.
Associated Press Swale, with Laffit Pincay Jr. aboard, charges down the stretch on his way to winning the Kentucky Derby on May 5, 1984 in Louisville, Ky.
Ray Hussa has seen Secretariat in the flesh — back in 1982, nine years after he won the Triple Crown.
“They let you pet the horses in those days,” Hussa recalled. “You can’t even get near a stallion now, because they’re worried about liability.”
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