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Backstretch Worker of the Year-Laurel Park: Antonio Salazar
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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Antonio Lopez Salazar has been named the Laurel Park Backstretch Worker of the Year for 2020.
Salazar, who currently resides near Laurel with his wife and two children, began working for trainer Phil Schoenthal in 2014 and remains in that position today. Previously, Salazar worked for Leo Nechamkin at Laurel for five to six years before Nechamkin, currently an owner, retired from training.
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