Stephen R. "Steve" Margolis (born September 8, 1963 in

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) is an American trainer of

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racehorses.

Biography

Steve Margolis graduated from

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and would begin working as a

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in the sport of

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in Elmont, Long Island, New York for

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trainer John Veitch. In the 1990s Margolis worked for trainers Pat Byrne and Howard Tesher and later on for Stanley Hough. In 1997 he went to Kentucky with Stanley Hough as an assistant and in 2000 became a horse trainer himself. On September 15, 2000, Margolis won his first race as a trainer at

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with a horse named Her Great Affair. In 2002, he received another horse named Request for Parole with whom he won the

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and

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at Turfway Park. Request For Parole also finished fifth in the

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. In 2003, Margolis trained Baileys Edge to a win in the Mr. Prospector Handicap at

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. The same year,

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brought Margolis victory in the Kentucky Cup Sprint at Turfway Park and then the most important win of his career in the

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. The same horse finished fourth in the

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References

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