Sunday, March 4, 2012

Spa rider a restless rookie: Garcia, Funny Cide's last jockey, wants his own glory.

Byline: Mark Singelais

Aug. 3--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Jockey Alan Garcia wants to be known as more than the answer to the question, "Who rode Funny Cide in his final race?"

Toward that end, the 21-year-old from Peru is trying to make a name for himself in his first meet at Saratoga Race Course.

"I want people to say, 'Alan Garcia, good jockey,' " Garcia said Thursday in the backyard behind the jockey's room. "I want to have my name not be with one horse."

So far, his claim to fame is guiding Funny Cide to victory July 4 in the $100,000 Wadsworth Memorial Handicap at Finger Lakes. That turned out to be the swan song for the Kentucky Derby and …

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