Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito sat on a bench in the courtyard of his barn 84 compound Sunday morning with his hands clasped loosely behind his head.
Though he had changed his clothes from the night before, Zito still wore the smile put on his face by Commentator, an authoritative winner of Saturday’s Grade I $750,000 Whitney Handicap at the age of 7.
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