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fouroneone
12-01-2005, 12:18 PM
Staying up north for the winter. The money is just as good, and the racing keeps getting better. With Day gone, and Bailey pretty much done, hopefully the pendulum will swing up north.

from http://horseracing.sportsline.com/cbs/headlines/showarticle.aspx?articleId=5101

Coa staying for the winter

Add Eibar Coa's name to the list of high-profile East Coast riders staying in New York this winter. Coa, who normally winters at Gulfstream Park, where he won the 2003 riding title, made his mark in New York this year.

Through Wednesday, Coa had won 124 of his 820 races in New York, tying him for fourth in the rider standings for the year. Coa told his agent, Matt Muzikar, that he preferred to stay in New York this winter rather than head to south Florida where there is far less purse money.

"We have a lot of clients that stay here for the winter," said Muzikar, naming trainers Bruce Levine, Dominic Galluscio, Gary Contessa, and Rick Violette. "All around it made sense. The jock came up with the idea. He started it all. My response was, 'As long as you can handle the weather.' "

Coa joins Jose Santos and Ramon Dominguez as high-profile riders who will winter in New York. Santos has not ridden here during the winter for about 15 years while Dominguez, a kingpin on the Maryland circuit, is due to begin riding here regularly after Christmas.