Keeping the Faith, Victor Martinez Believes in King Guillermo

King Guillermo will be in a tough spot when he starts in the GI Cigar Mile H. at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old colt hasn't raced since May 2 and has never faced older horses. That's fine by his owner, retired MLB All-Star Victor Martinez.
“I'm not a big believer in favorites,” he said.
That was the theme throughout his baseball career and helped him surpass the modest expectations when he was a skinny kid out of Venezuela who got a mere $8,000 signing bonus from the Cleveland Indians as a 17-year-old prospect. He still feels that way, his beliefs strengthened by the emergence of the horse who seems to do his best when it is least expected.

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