Raymond Mamone
$57,250
2020 earnings
17%
2020 wins
$3,254,669
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2020 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
67
1
Seconds
54
2
Thirds
53
2
Unplaced
243
6
Starts
417
$57,250
Earnings
$3,254,669
$9,542
Earnings / Start
$7,805
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Bio
Raymond Mamone entered the horse racing business as an owner in 1976 his greatest successes coming in relatively inexpensive stakes. He waited 42 years for a Grade 1 winner to come along in Imperial Hint, who won the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in 2018 at Saratoga.
Raymond Mamone entered the horse racing business as an owner in 1976 his greatest successes coming in relatively inexpensive stakes. He waited 42 years for a Grade 1 winner to come along in Imperial Hint, who won the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in 2018 at Saratoga.
Mamone, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., is accustomed to making much of seemingly little. He purchased modestly bred Imperial Hint privately for $17,500 as a 2-year-old, but his success story goes back much further than that. He quit school at 14 and initially struggled to find his way. He delivered ice, picked tomatoes, and set pins in a bowling alley as he scrambled for income. He eventually landed a job in auto body repair and developed those skills until he opened his own shop and gradually expanded his business.
It was not long before Mamone got to know Thoroughbreds as well as cars. Despite Imperial Hint’s lack of pedigree and stature, he bought the youngster at what he describes as a “senior-citizen discount” because he and Carvajal loved the way the horse moved.
