SARATOGA SPRINGS - Rajiv Maragh's agent, Roger Sutton, was hawking his rider's skills near the Oklahoma track early one morning before the start of the Saratoga season.
"Hey," he told a passing reporter, "you should write about my jock."
The reporter laughed, shook Maragh's hand and told him to win a couple of races to prove the newsworthy status of such an item.
Done.
Riding at the Spa for the first time, 23-year-old Maragh has earned his fair share of press since reeling off a trio of wins that landed him among the top 10 riders at Saratoga on July 31.
That's not an easy pace to maintain, and the jockey had only one previous …
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