HORSE EXERCISE TRAINER TAMMY FOX

Tammy Fox, exercise horse rider at the Belmont Race Track in Elmont, N.Y., June 10, 2011. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

So I was given the chance to go to the Belmont racetrack the day before a race. The assignment was to photograph some of the women exercise trainers (for the horses). I grabbed a few frames of Tammy Fox at work and I had a five minute shoot with her in the stable. The light was great so I grabbed a nice cliché wide portrait of her and then pulled in a little to get a really nice close-up. Turned out O.K. despite me standing shoe-deep in mud and constantly looking over my shoulder to make sure a horse wasn’t about to trample me… Can you tell it was my first time in a horse stable?

Here’s the online version of the article Women Play Large Role in This Triple Crown by MELISSA HOPPERT

PROTESTING PROPOSED $208 MILLION CUT TO PUBLIC SERVICES

College student Sarah C. Pomar, 24, protests against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg'€™s $208 million proposed budget cut to public services near City Hall Park in New York, N.Y., June 14, 2011. "I really fear for the future", said Pomar. If approved the Mayor's proposed budget would cut $67 million from higher education. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

Yotam Marom, centet left, and Larry Hales with New Yorkers Against the Budget Cut Coalition speak before a group of protesters in opposition to Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

Protester Joseph Jordan,right, talks with a New York Police Officer to ensure a peaceful protest. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

Gary Roland, 32, sleeps outside City Hall Park in protest of Mayor Bloomberg's city budget cuts of $208 million, June 15, 2011. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

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