Crispin Clean Again; Jockey Beats Drugs, Drinking to Shine at Portland Meadows
The Columbian › December 21, 2006
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PORTLAND -- It's like Tiger Woods taking on club professionals. Kobe Bryant in a pickup game against high schoolers. A heavyweight boxer against a featherweight.
Joe Crispin has been that dominant this season at Portland Meadows.See the full content of this document
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Crispin Clean Again; Jockey Beats Drugs, Drinking to Shine at Portland Meadows
The 46-year-old Vancouver jockey, aiming to rebound from a troubled past, ought to be a 3-5 favorite anytime he jumps aboard a horse these days at the north Portland horse track. Ten weeks into the 2006-07 racing season, Crispin has won 75 races, almost triple the number of the next-best rider -- Juan Gutierrez with 28.
Crispin is on pace to win 169 races this Portland Meadows season, which would smash the track record of 126, set by Gary Stevens in 1981-82."We've had some great ones here -- Jose Corrales, Gary Stevens, Scott ...See the full content of this document
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