Rick Dutrow
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Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow, Jr. (born August 5, 1959 in Hagerstown, Maryland) is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Known as Rick, his brother Anthony Dutrow is also a trainer. Their father, Richard E. Dutrow, Sr., was one of Maryland racing's "Big Four" who dominated racing in that state during the 1960s and '70s and who helped modernize flat racing training. At age sixteen, Rick, Jr. began working as his father's assistant. In 1995 he set up his own public stable in New York after his father left the NYRA circuit to return to Maryland.
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- Richard Dutrow, Jr. NTRA biography
- Rick Dutrow, Jr. NYRA biography, page 70
- ESPN.com: Dutrow may not be what racing's old guard hoped for, but he's the only hope the sport has
- ESPN.com: The Dutrow Projects
- ESPN.com: Dutrow's checkered past follows him to Derby spotlight
- Breeders' Cup Biography
- NBC: Dutrow can forget about the dark days