OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Gary Sciacca remembers feeding carrots to Forego when he was too young to even know the horse’s legend. Later in life, Sciacca got to train for and become friends with the likes of Bill Parcells and Bobby Flay. In 1996, Sciacca hung out at the Breeders’ Cup with Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. “A lot of great memories,” Sciacca said. “The business has been super to me my whole life. I’m very fortunate and blessed to have had a great career.” Sciacca’s 45-year training career, one in which he won 1,031 races from 12,614 starts, will come to an end Sunday when he runs Boiling Point in the sixth race at Aqueduct, a $40,000 maiden-claiming event. Sciacca, 65, has been thinking about retiring from training horses for a few years, his stable decreasing as expenses have forced owners to cut back. Sciacca, down to six horses, said he was recently diagnosed with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy [CIDP], a rare disorder of the nervous system, and the treatment he must undergo is extensive. “It’s forcing me to get out,” Sciacca said. “I have to take care of this. I have to find out what the right road is going to be. It’s difficult to get around with my disease and it’s time for the next chapter.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Sciacca, who said most of his horses are going to Ilkay Kantarmaci, also mentioned that several years ago his wife Josephine had a heart attack, though she has recovered from that. Sciacca trained Saratoga Dew, who in 1992 won three graded stakes, including the Grade 1 Beldame and Grade 1 Gazelle, and was named 3-year-old champion filly. She was the first New York-bred to win an Eclipse Award. Subordination, whom Sciacca trained for Klaravich Stables, won the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby in 1997 and Grade 1 Eddie Read in 1998 as part of a career in which he won 11 of 21 starts and earned more than $1.2 million. Sciacca won two training titles at Belmont Park – the 1993 spring meet and the 1997 fall meet. “A kid from Queens Village and Bethpage winning two Belmont meets – when they were Belmont meets,” Sciacca said. Sciacca was introduced to horses by his uncle, Joseph Potistivo, who back in the early 1970s shared a barn at Belmont Park with Sherrill Ward, the first trainer of Forego. “I fed carrots to Forego and I didn’t even know who he was,” said Sciacca, who was 13 at the time. “He was a gigantic horse.” While graded wins have been few and far between the last several years, Sciacca won several listed or New York-bred stakes with the likes of Chowda, Dream Central, Exotic West, Hit It Once More, Lobsta, and Saratoga Snacks. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.