Marty Schwartz(aka PitBull) is majority owner of a horse running in this weekends Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
Saint Marden...current odds 20-1
Notes
* Has won two races from four lifetime starts.
* Broke maiden by 7 ¾ lengths at Delaware Park in a wire-to-wire performance.
* Last start was at the current Saratoga meeting where he defeated older horses going 1 1/8 miles, in a non-winners of a race other than condition with Jerry Bailey aboard. Won easily by 7 ½ lengths and earned a career best Beyer speed figure of 101.
* Bred by Brylynn Farm Inc. in Florida.
* Sold for $475,000 at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga August Sale.
Breeding
* Saint BalladoâThe Administrator (Afleet).
Career Record
2-1-1 from four starts with earnings of $61,400.
Stakes Victories
* None.
Owner: Martin Schwartz and Dennis Drazin
* Have not started a horse in the Travers Stakes.
* Martin Schwartz owns 75 percent on Saint Marden. Dennis Drazin owns 25 percent.
* The name Marden is Mar for Schwartz and Den for Drazin.
* Schwartz is a trader on the stock market for himself and has been involved in that industry for 30 years.
* Drazin is a lawyer in New Jersey who works directly with Monmouth Park racetrack.
* Schwartz has been an owner for 2½ years. He owns Grade 1-placed Bowmanâs Band.
* Schwartzâs introduction to racing was as an avid fan that frequently attended New York racing for the past 30 years. He has a wife named Audrey.
Jockey: Mike Smith
* Has won the Travers Stakes twice: Holy Bull in 1994 and Coronado's Quest in 1998. He is 2-0-1 from eight Travers mounts.
* Eclipse Award winner as Top Jockey in 1993 and 1994.
* Rides regularly in Southern California circuit.
Trainer: Michael R. Matz
* Has not started a horse in the Travers Stakes.
* Was a world-renowned equestrian in the world of show jumping before becoming a trainer of racehorses.
* Competed for several years in world-class competitions, including the Pan American Games four times and the Olympics three times. In 1996, Matz won a silver medal for team USA as a member of the equestrian team.
* Wife Dorothy, is related to successful breeders: sister Helen Alexander and mother Helen Groves.
* Matz is in his fifth year of training. He has saddled several good horses, including stakes winners Lady Dora, Batique, Camella and Bowmanâs Band. He keeps horses in training at Delaware Park, Fair Hill Training Center and a small string in Saratoga for the meet.
* Matz has five children and he and his wife are expecting their sixth, a boy, at the end of September.
Saint Marden...current odds 20-1
Notes
* Has won two races from four lifetime starts.
* Broke maiden by 7 ¾ lengths at Delaware Park in a wire-to-wire performance.
* Last start was at the current Saratoga meeting where he defeated older horses going 1 1/8 miles, in a non-winners of a race other than condition with Jerry Bailey aboard. Won easily by 7 ½ lengths and earned a career best Beyer speed figure of 101.
* Bred by Brylynn Farm Inc. in Florida.
* Sold for $475,000 at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga August Sale.
Breeding
* Saint BalladoâThe Administrator (Afleet).
Career Record
2-1-1 from four starts with earnings of $61,400.
Stakes Victories
* None.
Owner: Martin Schwartz and Dennis Drazin
* Have not started a horse in the Travers Stakes.
* Martin Schwartz owns 75 percent on Saint Marden. Dennis Drazin owns 25 percent.
* The name Marden is Mar for Schwartz and Den for Drazin.
* Schwartz is a trader on the stock market for himself and has been involved in that industry for 30 years.
* Drazin is a lawyer in New Jersey who works directly with Monmouth Park racetrack.
* Schwartz has been an owner for 2½ years. He owns Grade 1-placed Bowmanâs Band.
* Schwartzâs introduction to racing was as an avid fan that frequently attended New York racing for the past 30 years. He has a wife named Audrey.
Jockey: Mike Smith
* Has won the Travers Stakes twice: Holy Bull in 1994 and Coronado's Quest in 1998. He is 2-0-1 from eight Travers mounts.
* Eclipse Award winner as Top Jockey in 1993 and 1994.
* Rides regularly in Southern California circuit.
Trainer: Michael R. Matz
* Has not started a horse in the Travers Stakes.
* Was a world-renowned equestrian in the world of show jumping before becoming a trainer of racehorses.
* Competed for several years in world-class competitions, including the Pan American Games four times and the Olympics three times. In 1996, Matz won a silver medal for team USA as a member of the equestrian team.
* Wife Dorothy, is related to successful breeders: sister Helen Alexander and mother Helen Groves.
* Matz is in his fifth year of training. He has saddled several good horses, including stakes winners Lady Dora, Batique, Camella and Bowmanâs Band. He keeps horses in training at Delaware Park, Fair Hill Training Center and a small string in Saratoga for the meet.
* Matz has five children and he and his wife are expecting their sixth, a boy, at the end of September.
