THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WATCHING A HORSE RACE WITH AN OWNER.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: KATE GURNETT

Watching a horse race with an owner can add a little zip to the run down the stretch. Eduardo Azpurua of Caracas, Venezuela, slipped into a clubhouse box last week just in time to watch his colt Silvange go off at 42-to-1. Not a problem, said Azpurua; others in the field were 75-to-1, 65-to-1 and 35-to-1. ``There's only one horse to beat,'' he said as the pack breezed by; Silvange was dead last with a mile to go.

``It's OK. That's the way he runs,'' added Azpurua, in white shirt and checked trousers, hoisting small binoculars to his face. Uh-huh. Jockey Joe Bravo brought Silvange down the stretch as the (heretofore) calm Venezuelan …