HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) At 96, Jerry Bozzo is now the oldest thoroughbred trainer to win a race.
The milestone came when Cotton Tooyah rallied from off the pace Saturday to win by 4 + lengths in the second race at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
Bozzo surpassed Noble Threewitt, who won a race for the last time at age 95 at Santa Anita in 2006. Bozzo already was the oldest trainer to win a stakes race, with Flutterby in the Sea Lily at Gulfstream in 2015.
Bozzo is a retired aeronautical engineer, industrialist and World War II veteran.