Avery Johnson

SARATOGA SPRINGS - About 15 minutes after Final Score (Not This Time) won Saratoga's fourth race--a $100,000 maiden special weight--Avery Johnson, who made his bones in another sport, cackled up in the clubhouse. He had just been part of the entourage of owner Mike Repole, who owns Final Score, a 1 3/4-length winner in the 1 1/16-mile test on the Inner Turf course. Repole is famous for massive winner's circle pictures, but the big dog wasn't in town Sunday, so the group was much more manageable. Johnson, 60, who spent...