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toga, one being Will Farish’s Over Indulged, who went on to win his next start at the Spa.
Saratoga was like heaven for Mr. Sheppard. He won five of the nine ’chases and added five more wins on the flat to lead all trainers at the prestigious New York Racing Association meet. His jumpers —he started 11 different horses — earned $83,300, which pushed his 1985 earnings to $231,140. That puts him in position (with approximately 85 more races on the fall schedule) to challenge his own record-high figure of $417,040 set in 1983.
Mr. Sheppard also reached a professional milestone at Saratoga. On Aug. 2, with Augustin Stables’ Gateshead’s victory in the $35,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial, Mr. Sheppard jumped ahead of I). M. Smithwick’s, all-time NSHA money-won figure of $8,452,704. He added to that throughout the month and, now stands stop the list of steeplechase trainers with $3,503,008.
Looking at the 1985 point standings, Mr. Sheppard is way out in front with 45 points (from 21 jump wins and three on the flat). Ronnie Houghton, Frank Ranquet and Charlie Fenwick are closely bunched in second, third and fourth, with 22, 21 and 20 points respectively, but have no realistic chance of catching the 12-time champion. In money won, the gap is even greater. Mr. Sheppard has w'on that title 13 years running and is sure to make it 14.
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