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Getting to know: Ray Handal
Mary Eddy
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Apr 17 2025
Ray Handal started his first horse at Aqueduct Racetrack in 2014, and 11 years later, operates a bustling stable of around 45 horses at his home base of Belmont Park. With his string of horses and the help of more than a dozen staff members, Handal has become a regular face and name on the NYRA circuit, landing in the top 20 in last year’s trainer standings with a record of 184-29-22-20 and more than $1.5 million in purse earnings. Handal’s wealth of experience stems from an eventful journey through several conditioners across racing circuits on the East Coast, each chapter providing the lessons needed to become one of New York’s top trainers year-round.
