Dubb Finishes as Leading Owner at Belmont

While Michael Dubb was securely perched atop the owner's standings to lock in the 2016 Belmont Park fall meet owner's title, the races for leading jockey and trainer both came down to a unique dash to the wire on closing day Oct. 30, resulting in a pair of respective ties between leading riders Javier Castellano and Irad Ortiz Jr. and top trainers Chad Brown and Rudy Rodriguez.

With 30 winners apiece during the 38-day meet that ran Sept. 9-Oct. 30, Brown picked up his fifth consecutive Belmont Park fall meet training title while Rodriguez captured his second career fall meet title.

 

The hotly contested jockey's race, meanwhile, has been neck and neck through the closing weeks of the meet, ending in a dead-heat between Castellano and Ortiz with 48 wins each.

 

With 16 total victories, Dubb and his various partnerships won the owner's title, adding to his recent collection as the leader at the Belmont spring-summer and at Saratoga. Continuing the trend du jour, Klaravich Stables and David Jacobson tied for second with 11 wins each.

 

Thoroughbred action will move to Ozone Park, N.Y. when Aqueduct Racetrack opens for the fall meet that runs from Friday, Nov. 4 to Saturday, Dec. 31. The meet has 29 scheduled stakes races with $4.85 million in combined purses set to be distributed, anchored by the Grade 1, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap on Saturday, Nov. 26.