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Horse racing star Martin Garcia returns to Chicago's Metropolitan Deli

Martin Garcia, who won the Preakness and finished 15th in the Kentucky Derby, will return to the Chicago's Metropolitan Deli on Monday, where he worked as a cook for two years before hecoming a professional jockey.

Garcia will sign autographs and mingle with fans from 4 to 8 p.m.

Garcia, 25, is riding Game on Dude on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes in New York. Garcia rode Lookin at Lucky to win the Preakness in Pimilico, Md on May 15.

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Two weeks earlier, Garcia rode Conveyance to a 15th place finish out of 20 horses at the Kentucky Derby.

Deli owner Terri Terry hired Garcia back in 2003 and introduced him to the horse racing world.

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