Jockey Troy Stillwell Winning Again
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Troy Stillwell couldn't take the punishment anymore. The every-day worry about his weight. The hours in the hot box. The tedious calorie counting that made him feel like a miser counting his money.
He didn't have the discipline to go on. He loved his sport, but he hated the toll it was taking on him.
So 19 years ago, Stillwell finished second in a race at Portland Meadows, got off his mount and left the track, he thought, for good.
"I knew I was done," he said, sitting in the cafeteria before Sunday's race card at Emerald Downs. "I couldn't keep my weight down. I wasn't paying attention and I got tired of fighting my weight."
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