Sport: Pint-Sized Pirate

The hottest horse trainer in the U.S. is sawed-off, 30-year-old Stan Lipiec (rhymes with see-pic). He goes in for strictly ordinary nags that run in strictly ordinary races—and run so well that last year they won him a whopping $239,550.

Trainer Lipiec's horses frequently go to the post as long shots (10 to 1 or better) and with surprising regularity pay the kind of money $2 betters dream of. At Gulf stream Park this season he has run 47 horses, won eight races for a profit of $106.20 on a $2 flat bet.

Pick When Ripe. For 5 ft. 3 Stan Lipiec (he...

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