I've never counted it up, but I've won
somewhere between 75 and 100 stakes
races with horses I've claimed through
the years."
Dubb is just as hands-on in his racing op-
eration as he is in his building company,
managing the entire stable himself and
staying in close contact with his trainers,
which, in addition to Rodriguez, include
Chad Brown and Jason Servis.
As he walks into Rodriguez's barn,
wearing dress shoes, navy suit pants and
a light blue button-down shirt with the
sleeves rolled up, Dubb is immediately
greeted with a hearty handshake and en-
thusiastic "Hi, Mike!" from Rodriguez's
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pair walk down the shedrow discussing
the horses, Dubb appears quite comfort-
able as he stops to give pats and pepper-
mints to a few of his runners.
"I'm very hands on in the sense I don't
have a stable manager," the NYRA board
member said. "The old adage, 'If you
want something done right, do it your-
self.' I am not 100% where I want to be
in the game. I'd like to be in more stakes
races and have the opportunity to pur-
chase nicer horses privately, but I try to
do it with common sense and to stay in
the game. It's not whether or not I can af-
ford to lose; it's whether it makes sense
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ing game that whatever level can keep
me in it and feeling good about it is okay
with me."
When asked to name his top achieve-
ment in racing, Dubb's immediate re-
