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SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York–Twenty-eight-year-old trainer Addison Russell Jersey Chris Davis has gotten off to a pretty fast start since going out on his own last fall, and his career could really take off depending on the result of Sunday’s GII Prioress S. at Saratoga. He’ll Andre Dawson Jersey saddle the fleet-footed Student ....... (Colonel John), last seen crushing older allowance foes by 11 lengths at Ellis July 14. A lifelong racetracker, Davis is the Anthony Rizzo Jersey son of trainer Liane Davis and assistant starter Hershell Davis. “I grew up in the industry,” he said. “My mom’s Billy Williams Jersey a trainer and my dad has galloped horses and worked on the starting gate for more than 30 years. I grew up on the ........................... of the Chicago tracks–Hawthorne, Arlington and Sportsman’s Park, going to the Carlos Zambrano Jersey Fair Grounds in the 90s with my parents. I’ve been all over.” Davis began Dexter Fowler Jersey galloping horses for trainer Richard Hazelton at the age of 15, and later worked for Wayne Catalano and Pat Byrne–he got on the likes of 2012 GI Florida Derby winner Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy) for the latter. Eventually Fergie Jenkins Jersey he took a job with Mike Stidham as an assistant trainer, and worked for him for some 5 1/2 years.