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18 ja n ua r y/ f e b r ua r y 2 015 U n tac k e d Aroundthe Arena t i d b i t s f r o m a c r o s s t h e i n d u s t r y William Pape's Divine Fortune, and he put a lock on the National Steeplechase Association's leading jockey titles—by both races won (23) and money won ($738,400)—long before the season concluded. Herewith, a few of the garrulous Irishman's favorite things: ➜ Breeches: ornella prosperi race Breeches ➜ riding boot: ornella prosperi lightweight race Boot ➜ Street footwear: tiger sneakers that a good friend helped me pick out. ➜ Comfort food: i love a good indian meal occasionally (usually when i'm trying to reduce weight… hot hot hot!). ➜ Guilty pleasure: i'm a sucker for royal farms fried Chicken. ➜ App: whatsApp ➜ Band: u2 ➜ Book: e national steeplechase Association's most current Condition Book, to figure out my upcoming race rides. ➜ Vehicle: A golf Cart ➜ Vacation destination: las Vegas ➜ City: saratoga springs, n.Y. ➜ Place to shop: superdry. ey have some pretty random but cool My Faves: Willie McCarthy Born and raised in County Cork, Ireland, the 31-year- old McCarthy now calls Fair Hill, Md., home. He became a local legend by winning the bareback puis- sance competition at the 2013 Plantation Field Inter- national CIC (Pa.), but 2014 was McCarthy's breakout year in his full-time profession of race riding. "Willie Mac" got his biggest win of the year in the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes (Tenn.) aboard ToD MarkS PHoTo

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