All four won races during Jones' first Los Alamitos meet. You get noticed, you get better horses. He watches the races from the same spot every night, poring over replays, dissecting his horses' performances. At the moment, Jones is watching Manhood being loaded into the starting gate. You see, if he had stayed on, they might have opened the gate and we would have lost the race right then.
Manhood settles down.
Sanchez settles back in the saddle. The gate flies open. We got the race. Jones may top the training standings, but he still is looking for his Holy Grail. A year ago, Copper Buff, a horse he trained, qualified for the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in Ruidoso, N.M., last September.