Mechanicville native and Saratoga resident Chad Brown has earned his first training title on the NYRA circuit, saddling more winners than anyone else at the recently-concluded Aqueduct fall main track meet.

Brown sent out nine winners during the 18-day meet, edging Rudy Rodriguez and Gary Contessa who each had seven winners. Rodriguez was looking for his second straight title after earning his first at the Belmont Fall Championship meet.

Brown's overall record on Aqueduct's main track was 33-9-9-5 - finishing in the money an incredible 69 percent of the time - and his charges earned a combined $287,294.

Brown, 31, was an assistant to Hall of Fame trainers Shug McGaughey and Bobby Frankel before going out on his own in late 2007. He's quickly risen to the top of the sport and has enjoyed a banner year on the New York circuit. He sent out a personal-best 17 winners at Saratoga, placing him third at his hometown meet behind Todd Pletcher and Linda Rice - both of whom sent out nearly twice as many starters as Brown. He also saddled seven winners at Belmont's Fall Championship Meet, tying him for 12th.

Ramon Dominguez continued his domination of the New York jockey colony, piloting 12 winners at the main track meet to defeat Jose Lezcano by nine wins for the rider title. Dominguez has won 11 of the last 12 meet titles at NYRA, with the only blip when he was third at Saratoga this summer.

Racing at Aqueduct moved to the inner track on Thursday and Dominguez was off to another hot start, winning two of the first three races.