BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…November 25, 2005, 20 years ago today:

Caldwell native Gary Stevens announces his retirement after a 26-year Hall of Fame horse racing career during which he won over 5,000 times. Stevens’ victories at that point included three Kentucky Derbys, two Preakness Stakes, and three Belmont Stakes—and in three years he won two legs of the Triple Crown. Stevens would come out of retirement in 2013 to win the Preakness and the Breeders Cup Classic that year. He began his career while he was still a Capital High student in 1979, with his first win coming at Les Bois Park aboard a horse named Little Star.

Stevens grew up in Boise, where his father, Ron, was a renowned trainer at Les Bois Park. Stevens dropped out of Capital in 1979 to become a full-time jockey, an

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