Tom Amoss has trained horses for 32 years, but he's never had a day quite like Saturday.
First, he won the Grade II $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks for the first time in his storied racing career with Chocolate Martini, a 3-year-old filly he claimed only seven weeks ago for Double Doors Racing, LLC.
Then 30 minutes later, he placed second by a neck to favorite Noble Indy in the $1 million Grade II Louisiana Derby with Lone Sailor, who is owned by Tom and Gayle Benson's GMB Racing Stables.
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In a half-hour, Amoss trainees earned $380,000 and qualified for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby, the preeminent races for 3-year-old fillies and colts in the sport.