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Recently entered into the Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado took a spill on the 7th race at Keeneland on April 23 and was sent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for X-rays. He was released the same day.
The Peruvian jockey, Edgar Prado, was riding Richard Thompson’s 3-year-old Diktat filly bred in Britain, May Meeting, to her 5th start in the 1 1/8-mile allowance race on turf. She dropped Prado soon after the start, but did not appear to be injured, according to reports from Keeneland.
May Meeting is trained by H. Graham Motion who also trains Adriano, Courtlandt Farms’s 2008 Kentucky Derby starter and the colt jockey Edgar Prado will ride in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
Posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Jockeys, Race Tracks | No Comments »
Jockey Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, and horse trainer Carl Nafzger were elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame on Monday.
Also elected were jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela and horses Inside Information, Manila and Ancient Title.
Forty-year-old Edgar Prado led the nation in victories in consecutive years from 1997-97. In 2006, he guided the late Barbaro to a win in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on his way to winning the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey.
Horse trainer Carl Nafzger, 67, has conditioned champions such as Unbridled, Banshee Breeze and Street Sense, last year’s Kentucky Derby winner, during his career.
Posted on Monday, April 21st, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Special Features, Trainers | 1 Comment »
Jockey Eibar Coa holds a lead of one over John Velazquez in the Gulfstream Park rider standings at 63-62 going into Friday’s 62nd program of the meet, but their rivalry will have a one-day hiatus Saturday when both travel to Tampa Bay Downs for stakes mounts.
Jockey Jose Lezcano currently ranks 3rd with 43 winners and also will make the trip to Tampa Bay Downs. Kent Desormeaux, 4th at 42, and Edgar Prado, 5th with 40, will stay at Gulfstream Park throughout the weekend.
Jockey Cornelio Velasquez is the defending Gulfstream Park champion from 2007 and ranks 7th at this meet with 29 tallies, and he too will be in action at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday with mounts including Robert La Penta’s undefeated Eclipse Award juvenile champion War Pass in the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III).
Posted on Friday, March 14th, 2008 in Jockeys, Race Tracks, Stakes Races | No Comments »
Jockey Corey Nakatani, a winner of seven Breeders’ Cup events, returns Sunday from 6 weeks on the sidelines with a broken right collarbone (full story at Horse Racing News) to ride Sky Cape, a leading contender in Santa Anita Park’s $100,000 Baldwin Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds.
The complete field for the Baldwin Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs over Santa Anita Park’s downhill turf course, with jockeys and weights in post position order:
Posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Racing Picks & Betting Tips, Stakes Races | No Comments »
A dozen to be the 2008 finalists for election to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. The 12 finalists consisting of 7 horses, 3 jockeys, and 2 trainers were determined by a vote of the Hall of Fame Nominating Committee.
To be eligible, trainers must be licensed and actively involved with Thoroughbreds for 25 years or have been retired for a minimum of five years. The finalists for Hall of Fame trainers are:
Carl Nafzger, 66, has trained two Kentucky Derby winners, Unbridled in 1990, and Street Sense in 2007. Both were division champions, as was Banshee Breeze, the outstanding 3-year-old filly of 1998. Unbridled also won the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 1990 and Street Sense was the first winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to win the Kentucky Derby. Through the end of 2007, Carl Nafzger had 1,068 victories from 8,041 mounts, purse earnings of $50,203,640 and 68 graded stakes victories.
Posted on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Special Features, Trainers | No Comments »
The brightest stars in the horse racing industry will gather on Louisiana Derby Preview Day at Fair Grounds Saturday, February 9.
All three Eclipse Award champion jockey finalists, winner Garrett Gomez, Robby Albarado and John Velazquez will be riding at Fair Grounds this Saturday. The top 2 Eclipse Award vote-getters for top trainer, winner Todd Pletcher and Steve Asmusse will also send out their horses to participate in Saturday’s horse racing program.
And with the spotlight on the 3-year-old divisions, half of the six Eclipse Award finalists for champion 2-year-old male and 2-year-old filly of 2007 are scheduled to run at Fair Grounds on Louisiana Derby Preview Day, including filly champion Indian Blessing.
Posted on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Race Tracks, Racing Picks & Betting Tips, Stakes Races, Trainers | No Comments »
Jockey Russell Baze recorded his 10,000th career victory Friday, February 1, at Golden Gate Fields and the milestone win came by the slimmest of margins.
Russell Baze, the winningest jockey in North American racing history, won the third race of the day aboard Two Step Cat, who prevailed in a three-horse photo finish over Brite Oakie and Unusual Men.
Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Jockeys, Special Features | No Comments »
Russell Baze rode 2 winners on Monday at Golden Gate Fields, leaving him 3 victories short of becoming the first thoroughbred jockey to win 10,000 horse races.
Posted on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Jockeys, Special Features | No Comments »
Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Curlin won the Horse of the Year and 3-year-old Male honors at the 37th Annual Eclipse Awards on Monday night, January 21.
Curlin took a landslide vote over the competition in Horse of the Year voting, receiving 249 first-place votes to 12 for Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches. The 2006 Horse of the Year, Invasor, earned two votes.
Corinthian, English Channel and Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense received one each in balloting by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form (DRF) and National Turf Writers Association.
Curlin dominated Street Sense and Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun in voting for 3-year-old Male category. Curlin got 262 votes, Street Sense 3 and Hard Spun 1.
Curlin’s 2007 campaign were included winning the Arkansas Derby and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Posted on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Owners & Breeders, Special Features, Trainers | 3 Comments »
Florida-bred Diamond Stripes has been established as a 7/2 favorite to thwart 12-1 California-bred McCann’s Mojave’s attempt to become the $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic’s first two-time champion on Saturday when the 6th running of the Sunshine Millions interstate competition’s premier event is conducted at Santa Anita Park.
In addition to the Sunshine Millions Classic, Santa Anita hosts the $500,000 San Miguel Indian Bingo & Casino Filly & Mare Turf featuring spectacular Nashoba’s Key, the even-money favorite, as well as the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint and $250,000 Sunshine Millions Dash.
Posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 in Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Stakes Races | No Comments »
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